Mark Twain
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You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was, made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things, which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody, but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Polly-Tom's Aunt Polly, she is, and Mary and the Widow Douglas...
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Un pequeño mendigo que, para esconder sus penurias, se adentra en los cuentos de príncipes y princesas. Una tarde, decide caminar hacia el palacio para poder hacer realidad su único deseo: ver a un príncipe de verdad. Pero un inesperado acto de bondad, realizado por un príncipe, daría vuelco no sólo a la vida del pequeño mendigo, sino también la del mismo príncipe. Ambientado en 1547, Mark Twain, a pesar de ser un escritor estadounidense,...
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Filled with the folk humor and storytelling charm that have made Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn such enduringly popular characters, these two comic gems trace the friends' further adventures. Tom Sawyer, Detective finds the boys summoned by Aunt Sally to "Arkansaw," where Uncle Silas is in deep trouble. Tom puts his mail-order detective kit to good use as he and Huck get involved in a diamond heist, meet a mysterious stranger, and borrow a bloodhound to...
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The Biography of the Greatest French Heroine. After the death of his family at just five years of age, Louis de Conte is sent to a small village to live with a priest. There she meets Joan of Arc, a young peasant girl who would change French history forever. Enchanted by Joan, Louis de Conte becomes her servant and also her biographer.
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Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are the embodiment of young boys from a simpler time. Collected here in one omnibus edition are all four of the books in this series: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' 'Tom Sawyer Abroad,' and 'Tom Sawyer, Detective.' Over five hundred pages of delightful adventures. Follow Huck and Tom as they solve mysteries and face danger without fear. Exciting and wonderfully humorous. Mark Twain...
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Six volumes in one, Edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. A prolificacy of letters, reflecting Twain's role as 'a mighty national menace to sham'. Like all life's, Twain's was a rich evolution of character and concerns as reflected in this collection of his personal correspondence. Throughout, he maintains a wonderful sense of humour and phrasing that is compelling to his readers. His younger letters are playful whereas his older ones show a more tempered...
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A la hora de rememorar a su hija fallecida, Twain acaba hablándonos de las personas que vivían en la casa. En especial es muy interesante el retrato del "mayordomo" George, personaje de color, que se las sabe todas. Ídolo de los niños, su figura constituye una aguda reflexión sobre el papel de los afroamericanos en una familia blanca.
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Puddn'head Wilson has in recent years been reassessed as one of Mark Twain's very best, most daring and innovative works. Roxanne who is certainly one of Twain's most colourful characters, is a nearly-white slave; she gives birth to a son whose father is a Virginian gentleman and she also brings up Tom, the son of Percy Driscoll a prosperous slave owner. The two boys are the same age and extremely similar in appearance. Child swapping, cross-dressing,...
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The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories is an 1893 collection of short stories by American writer Mark Twain. The collection was published in 1893, in a disastrous decade for the United States, a time marked by doubt and waning optimism, rapid immigration, labor problems, and the rise of political violence and social protest. It was also a difficult time for Twain personally, as he was forced into bankruptcy and devastated by the death of...
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Mark Twain's Letters - Volume 3 (1876-1885)
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry...
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In this short 1904 work, from late in his career, Mark Twain imagines how Adam was introduced to Eve. "This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don't like this, I am not used to company..." Twain also published a companion volume, Eve's Diary.
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Write Like Mark Twain Did! Interested in writing fiction yourself? Looking for a place to start, a book of some sorts that can tell you all the secrets? How about starting with Mark Twain's course on How to Tell a Story! By studying it, the unique writing style of Mark Twain will be revealed pointing out at the same time the major differences between the European literature and the American one.
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Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are the embodiment of young boys from a simpler time. Collected here in one omnibus edition are all four of the books in this series: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,”The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,”Tom Sawyer Abroad,' and 'Tom Sawyer, Detective.' Over five hundred pages of delightful adventures. Follow Huck and Tom as they solve mysteries and face danger without fear. Exciting and wonderfully humorous. Mark Twain...
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This beautiful hardback collection brings together Mark Twain's formative and most celebrated novels. His rich humor and powerful social criticism have made him perennially popular and his roguish heroes have captured the hearts of readers for over a century.
Includes:
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• The Prince and the Pauper
ABOUT THE SERIES: The World Classics Library series gathers together the work...
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain which recounts the life of Joan of Arc. It is Twain's last completed novel, published when he was 61 years old. The novel is presented as a translation by "Jean Francois Alden" of memoirs by Louis de Conte, a fictionalized version of Joan of Arc's page Louis de Contes. Twain was aware of his reputation as a comic writer and he asked that each installment...
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After the Civil War, Samuel Clemens (1835–1910) left his small town to seek work as a riverboat pilot. As Mark Twain, the Missouri native found his place in the world. Author, journalist, lecturer, wit, and sage, Twain created enduring works that have enlightened and amused readers of all ages for generations. This single-volume introduction to the great American storyteller's writings features the complete text of his masterpiece, Adventures of...