The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories
Title | The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Twain |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 836 |
Release | 2006-05-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1101099933 |
For nearly two decades before Mark Twain published his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he was refining his craft and winning tremendous popularity with his short stories and sketches. This richly entertaining and comprehensive collection presents sixty-five of the very best of Mark Twain’s short pieces, from the classic frontier sketch “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” to the richly imaginative fable “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.” Compiled by Pulitzer Prize–winning Twain scholar and biographer, Justin Kaplan, this collection represents some of Mark Twain’s wittiest and most insightful writing.
The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories
Title | The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Twain |
Publisher | |
Pages | 809 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Humorous stories, American |
ISBN | 9781101096963 |
A comprehensive collection of Mark Twain's work that contains sixty-five of his short pieces.
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
Title | The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Twain |
Publisher | Bantam Classics |
Pages | 850 |
Release | 2005-09-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0553901966 |
For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark Twain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain’s inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from the frontier humor of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” to the bitter vision of humankind in “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” to the delightful hilarity of “Is He Living or Is He Dead?” Surging with Twain’s ebullient wit and penetrating insight into the follies of human nature, this volume is a vibrant summation of the career of–in the words of H. L. Mencken–“the father of our national literature.”
The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain
Title | The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Twain |
Publisher | Modern Library |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2007-12-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307431983 |
This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation also includes darker works written in the author’s twilight years. These selections illuminate the depth of Twain’s artistry, humor, irony, and narrative genius.
The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories
Title | The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Twain |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 836 |
Release | 2006-05-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780451530165 |
For nearly two decades before Mark Twain published his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he was refining his craft and winning tremendous popularity with his short stories and sketches. This richly entertaining and comprehensive collection presents sixty-five of the very best of Mark Twain’s short pieces, from the classic frontier sketch “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” to the richly imaginative fable “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.” Compiled by Pulitzer Prize–winning Twain scholar and biographer, Justin Kaplan, this collection represents some of Mark Twain’s wittiest and most insightful writing.
7 best short stories by Mark Twain
Title | 7 best short stories by Mark Twain PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Twain |
Publisher | Tacet Books |
Pages | 93 |
Release | 2020-05-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3967995208 |
Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to the american author Mark Twain. Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". Works selected for this book: - About Barbers; - A Dog's Tale; - A Ghost Story; - A Monument to Adam; - Eve's Diary; - Extracts from Adam's Diary; - The Stolen White Elephant.
Marke Twain's Best Short Stories
Title | Marke Twain's Best Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Twain |
Publisher | Piccadilly Books, Ltd. |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2011-04-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1461038162 |
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, is the author of such classics as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Prince and the Pauper. He was born in Florida, Missouri and grew up along the Mississippi Valley. Although he left school at the age of 12 when his father died, he was eventually awarded honorary degrees from Yale University, the University of Missouri, and Oxford University. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, miner, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, novelist, and publisher. His vivid imagination, keen sense of humor, and sharp wit resulted in some of the most beloved classics of American literature. This book contains some of Clemens’ best loved short stories and essays, both humorous and thought provoking. Includes The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. The Stolen White Elephant, A Dog’s Tale, and Extracts from Adam’s Diary, among others, illustrated.