The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
| AUTHOR | Twain, Mark; Twain, Mark |
| PUBLISHER | Bantam Classics (03/01/1984) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Mass Market Paperbound) |
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A sparkling anothology of sixty stories covering the entire span of Mark Twain's inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. 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. 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."
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ISBN-13:
9780553211955
ISBN-10:
0553211951
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Mass Market (Rack) Paperback)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
679
Carton Quantity:
24
Product Dimensions:
4.20 x 1.50 x 6.70 inches
Weight:
0.90 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Table of Contents,
Ikids
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
Fiction | Classics
Fiction | Literary
Dewey Decimal:
FIC
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A sparkling anothology of sixty stories covering the entire span of Mark Twain's inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. 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. 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."
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