**ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED** BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A collection of short works by one of America's most revered, iconoclastic, and enduring voicesβΉMark Twain. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: Β A concise introduction that gives readers important background information Β A chron
Great Short Works of Mark Twain
β Scribed by Mark Twain
- Book ID
- 110696452
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 549 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780061760853
- ASIN
- B000JMKNUG
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β¦ Synopsis
Selected works of humour and criticism by a revered American master.
Beloved by millions, Mark Twain is the quintessential American writer. More than anyone else, his blend of scepticism, caustic wit and sharp prose defines a certain American mythos. While his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is still taught to anyone who attends school and is considered by many to be the Great American Novel, Twain's shorter stories and criticisms have unequalled style and bite.
In a review that's less than kind to the writing of James Fenimore Cooper, Twain writes: "Every time a Cooper person is in peril, and absolute silence is worth four dollars a minute, he is sure to step on a dry twig. There may be a hundred handier things to step on, but that wouldn't satisfy Cooper. Cooper requires him to turn out and find a dry twig; and if he can't do it, go and borrow one." It's difficult to imagine anyone else writing in quite this style, which is why Twain's legacy only continues to grow.
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**ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP** A collection of short works by one of America's most revered, iconoclastic, and enduring voicesΒΏMark Twain. **EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:** - A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
Features: * ALL 12 novels, annotated with concise introductions and featuring individual contents tables * beautifully presented with images relating to Twain's life and works * illustrated with images of how the books first appeared, giving your Kindle a taste of the original texts * includes T
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