Mark Twain
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These three novels by the great American satirist transport readers across the ocean to Europe and back in time to Camelot and the Hundred Years' War.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: A supervisor at a firearms factory in Hartford, Connecticut, Hank Morgan inexplicably finds himself transported back in time to Camelot. Worse still, he is brought before the Round Table and sentenced to burn at the stake. Will Hank die at the hands of King...
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"More than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern. . . . Ninety-nine years after his death, Twain still manages to get the last laugh." - Vanity Fair
Who Is Mark Twain? is a collection of twenty six wickedly funny, thought-provoking essays by Samuel Langhorne Clemens-aka Mark Twain-none of which have ever been published before.
"You had better shove this in the stove," Mark Twain...
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Lançado em 1885 no seguimento de "As aventuras de Tom Sawyer" (1876), a história de Huck Finn, no entanto, ganhou autonomia: é unanimemente considerada a obra-prima de Mark Twain e mudou para sempre o imaginário dos Estados Unidos.
Para se livrar do pai bêbado e violento, Huckleberry Finn procura refúgio numa pequena ilha do rio Mississippi, onde se alia a Jim, um escravo em fuga. Em busca de liberdade, a inusitada dupla inicia uma viagem pelo...
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Tal vez estos diarios los haya escrito Mark Twain haciendo eco de una de sus muy sabias frases: "He descubierto que no hay manera más segura de saber si amas u odias a alguien que hacer un viaje con él". El lector puede concluir que la estadía de Adán y Eva en el Edén no es otra cosa que un viaje al cabo del cual, después de un largo periplo de disgustos, desavenencias y recelos, sobrevino el amor, la indispensable tolerancia que le abre campo...
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In this third volume of Mark Twain's writings for the New York Times, we find the great American humorist at the height of his powers. Twain's wit and wisdom are on full display as he skewers everything from politics to religion to the foibles of human nature. Whether he's writing about the Gilded Age, the Spanish-American War, or the rise of imperialism, Twain's insights are as sharp and relevant today as they were when they were first published....
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In this fifth volume of Mark Twain's writings for the New York Times, we find the great American humorist at the height of his powers. Twain's wit and wisdom are on full display as he skewers everything from politics to religion to the foibles of human nature. Whether he's writing about the Gilded Age, the Spanish-American War, or the rise of imperialism, Twain's insights are as sharp and relevant today as they were when they were first published....
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Marw Twain nos narra las historias del Jardín de Edén. Los divertidos diarios de Adán, el padre legendario, y Eva, la madre de la raza humana. Las relaciones entre el sexo femenino y el masculino ¿han sido siempre las mimas? Twain nos responde a esta pregunta presentándonos a nuestro padre Adán constantemente importunado por la curiosidad de su compañera que, con su particular modo de ver las cosas, pone e impone nombre a todos los lugares,...
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"When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive...