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The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories

The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories

Name: The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Mark Twain
ISBN: 9780486270692

Mark Twain

21/02/1992
Dover Publications Inc.

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories par Mark Twain

Résumé

Présentation de l'éditeur The author of outstanding travel books, autobiographical works and novels, including the classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910) is regarded by many as America's finest humorist and a major writer of short stories. The four selections in this volume span his entire writing career and are among his best-known stories. They include: "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," one of Twain's most amusing pieces of folk humor, first published in 1865; "The £1,000,000 Bank Note," a lighthearted exploration of the power of money; "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," a masterfully written short story about greed; and his last work, "The Mysterious Stranger," a novelette published posthumously in 1916, presenting Twain's rather grim views of God, man, and the universe. Biographie de l'auteur After the Civil War, Samuel Clemens (1835-1910) left his small town to seek work as a riverboat pilot. As Mark Twain, the Missouri native found his place in the world. Author, journalist, lecturer, wit, and sage, Twain created enduring works that have enlightened and amused readers of all ages for generations.