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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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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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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), more commonly known under the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, lecturer, publisher and entrepreneur most famous for his novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884). He also wrote a number of successful short stories, the very best of which are contained within this brand new collection. They include: "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County",...
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), more commonly known under the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, lecturer, publisher and entrepreneur most famous for his novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884). He is perhaps best remembered for his sharp wit and cutting satire, which manifested in both his speech and written works. "The American Satirist" contains a collection of some of Twain's...
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Originally one story but divided into two, "Puddn'head Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins" is a combination of Mark Twain's light-hearted humor as well as his penchant for the melancholy. "Pudd'nhead Wilson" is a murder mystery set in the Antebellum South in Missouri, more specifically, on the Mississippi River. During infancy, a light-skinned black baby and a white-skinned baby were switched at birth by a slave mother. Because the black baby grows...
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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. The novel is, divided into three sections according to Joan of Arc's development:...
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Twain began his career writing light, humorous verse, but he became a chronicler of the vanities, hypocrisies, and murderous acts of mankind. At mid-career, he combined rich humor, sturdy narrative, and social criticism in Huckleberry Finn. He was a master of rendering colloquial speech and helped to create and popularize a distinctive American literature built on American themes and language.
A complete bibliography of Twain's works...
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Twain's third book, published in 1871, sends up the genre of autobiography, inventing ancestors such as saber-swinging Augustus Twain; John Morgan Twain, who came to America with Columbus; and wilderness adventurer Mighty-Hunter-With-Hog-Eye Twain. Also includes the spoof "First Romance," an over-the-top medieval tale of court intrigue and impostors.
93) Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
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Revered as one of America's greatest humorists and author of the "Great American Novel" (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), the words of Samuel Langhorne Clemens-more commonly known as Mark Twain-resonate as strongly today as they did when he wrote them more than a century ago. A close friend of Nikola Tesla and heralded by William Faulkner as "the father of American literature," Twain's wit, wisdom, and influence continues through the present day.
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Mientras residía en Londres, inicia Twain en el otoño de 1894 un viaje en barco de vapor desde Vancouver hasta Ciudad del Cabo, siguiendo la imaginaria línea del Ecuador, viaje que en 1897 publicará como libro, en el que tenemos todas las virtudes humanas y literarias de Twain. Norteamericano de origen y raíces, natural del condado de Monroe, Missouri, en el centro de los EE.UU., hijo de un droguero, Twain tiene además de un concepto sano y...
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Written as a fictionalized account of Mark Twain's own short-lived war experience, "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed" is a satiric sketch of the American South at the onset of the American Civil War. The narrative follows a small group of young men-dubbed "the Marion Rangers"-as they stumble around the backwoods of Marion County, Missouri, on patrol for Yankee troops. After avoiding improbable attacks, failing to tame unruly horses, and...
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"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" is one of the most famous adventure novels by Mark Twain and one of the first novels, narrative of travels through time. Mark Twain created this novel, exhibiting his legendary and signature sense of humour and talent of a narrator, which has made him immortal.
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A Different Kind of Humor. The Best American Humorous Short Stories is a collection of 19th,century and early 20th,century stories written by the likes of Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, George William Curtis, Bret Harte or O. Henry. These stories aren't humorous in the sense of our modern understanding, they present a different kind of humor like jokes about men who don't wear hats and ridiculous notions about the African-Americans and about women....
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Eve's Diary illustrated Mark Twain - This story puts a new twist on a very old story: the story of Adam and Eve from the Bible. In the Bible story, Eve, the first woman, is created as a partner for Adam, the first man. When she tempts Adam into eating forbidden fruit, they are thrown out of the garden of Eden. Twain's story, however, is from Eve's point of view. It paints a picture of her as fully independent with likes, dislikes, joys, and sorrows....