Mark Twain

Adam and Eve examine the humorous relationship between men and women by presenting their "diary entries" from their stay in the Garden of Eden and their life together outside the Garden.

Hoping to ensure a better life for her child, a young slave woman exchanges her light-skinned baby for her master's.

This collection of short writings is remarkable for its variety--both in terms of length and style. This might be attributed to Twain experimenting with form as growth, of moving from the brevity of his often humorous journalism toward themes that could sustain more lengthly treatment. This book has speeches, short stories, poems, hoaxes, satires, fables, travelogues, burlesques, first and third person narratives, and biographical and autobiographical...

Considered to be one of America's all-time brightest authors, Mark Twain has left his mark on the literary world. Authoring such gems as "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Twain's insight on the ever-evolving and expanding America gave the world a better understanding on the social issues that plagued the country. Here in his own words, Twain chronicles his life and career, offering some perspectives on how his books were created.

The adventures of Tom Sawyer: The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town on the early nineteenth century. The prince and the pauper: A peasant changes places with a prince and both youths learn something about the other side of life. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Rebellious, high spirited, and independent, Huck Finn just can't seem to change his ways. He gives it a try, though, even going so far as attending...

This eBook features the unabridged text of 'Mark Twain's Library of Humor' from the bestselling edition of 'The Complete Works of Mark Twain'.

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Mark Twain created the memorable characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn drawing from the experiences of boys he grew up with in Missouri. Set by the Mississippi River in the 1840's, it follows these boys as they get into predicament after predicament. Tom's classic whitewashing of the fence has become part of American legend, and the book paints a nostalgic picture of life in the middle of the nineteenth century. Tom runs away from home to an...

Remarks culled from Twain's books, speeches, letters, and conversations arranged alphabetically by subject.

"Hoping to ensure a better life for her child, a young slave woman exchanges her light-skinned baby for her masters." *** "While it retains the comic exuberance of 'Huckleberry Finn, ' this is Twain's darker and more disturbing account of human nature under slavery."

"This third and final volume crowns and completes [Twain's] work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherever his fancy leads. Created from March 1907 to December 1909, these dictations present Mark Twain at the end of his life: receiving an honorary degree from Oxford University; railing against Theodore Roosevelt; founding numerous clubs; incredulous at an exhibition...