The Original Illustrated Mark Twain

by Mark Twain

With over 450 original illustrations, this wonderful collection of Twain's classics includes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Prince and the Pauper, plus 29 short stories. This collection showcases the matchless wit and imagination of one of America's most beloved writers. The charming original illustrations by E. W. Kemble, Frank T. Merrill and Daniel Beard, and others, bring these timeless works to life.Mark Twain was considered by many to be the father of the modern American novel. His indelible body of work has shaped our nation's literature and popular consciousness. Twain's experiences on the Mississippi River influenced some of his greatest works, including The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which is narrated by one of literature's most memorable characters, Huckleberry "Huck" Finn. Twain hired the young E. W. Kemble to create its unforgettable illustrations after discovering his work in a popular American humor magazine called Life.This volume also includes A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, illustrated by Daniel Beard. It is the tale of Hank Morgan, a 19th-century resident of Hartford, Connecticut, who, after an injury, finds himself in medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur. Also, included here is another favorite?"The Prince and the Pauper?"with original illustrations by Frank T. Merrill. Along with 28 of his best stories, this collection contains a hilarious variation of his classic story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog" written after Twain discovered the French translation.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Literature, Historical Fiction

852 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.

Reviews

[Kimberly Lou · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed rereading The Adventures of Huckleberry. Finn, and I actually enjoyed it more than I did during my first read about 12 years ago.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was definitely funny and made me chuckle out loud several times. But I also got lost and had to look up summaries to make sure I was understanding everything.

I liked reading the original version of The Prince and the Pauper, but the short stories were rough. I only really liked two or three of them.

[Reader]

Huckleberry Finn
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court
Chapter 7 Merlin Tower
Chapter 8
The Boss
Chapter 9
The tournament
Chapter 10
Beginnings of Civilization
Chapter 11
The Yankee in search of Adventure
In the land of Moder Fair
Chapter 12
Slow Torture
Chapter 13
Freemen
Chapter 14
Defend Thee Lord
Chapter 15
Sandy’s Tale
Chapter 16
Morgan Le Fay
Chapter 17
A Royal Banquet
Chapter 18
In the Queen’s Dungeonns
Chapter 19
Knight Errantry as a Trade
Chapter 20
The Ogre’s Castle
Chapter 21
The Pilgrims
Chapter 22
The Holy Fountan
Chapter 23
Restoriation of the Foountain
Chapter 24
A Rival Magiciian
Chapter 25
A Competitive Examination
Chapter 26
The First Newspaper
Chapter 27
The Yankee and the King Travel Incognito
Chapter 28
Drilling the King
Chapter 29
The small-pox Hut
Chapter 30
The tragedy of the Manor-House
Chapter 31
Marco
Chapter 32
Dawley’s Humilation
Chapter 33
Sixth century Political Ecoonomy
Chapter 34
The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves
Chapter 35
A pitiful Incident
Chapter 36
An encounter in the dark
Chapter 37
An awful Predicament
Chapter 38
Sir Launcelot and Knights to the rescue
Chapter 39
The Yankee Fight with the Knights
chapter 40
Three years later
Chapter 41
The interdict
Chapter 42
War
Chapter 43
The battle of the sand-belt
Chapter 44
A Postscript by Clarence
Final P.S. by M.T
The prince and the Pauper
Chapter 1
The Birth of the Prince and the the Pauper
Chapter 2
Tom’s Early Liife
Chapter 3
Tom’s meeting with the prince
Chapter 4
The Prince’s Troubles Begin
Chapter 5
Tom as a Patrician
Chapter 6
Tom Receives Insstructions
Chapter 7
Tom’s First Royal Dinner
Chapter 8
The Question of the Seal
Chapter 9
The River Pageant
Chapter 10
The Prince in the Toils
Chapter 11
At Guildhall
Chapter12
The Prince and his deliverer
Chapter 13
The Disappearance of the prince
Chapter 14
Le Roi est Mort Vive le Roi
Chapter 15
Tom as King
Chapter 16
The state dinner
Chapter 17
Foo foo the first
Chapter 18

[Yuechuan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got this book from Barnes and Noble for a bargain price for 850 something page quality writing. Absolutely American Classic for enjoyable reading.

[Diocletian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This included Huck Finn, A Connecticut Yankee, The Prince and the Pauper, and an assortment of short stories. I listed the previous three all separately, but will briefly mention the short stories here. Some were kind of amusing, but they have overall aged poorly-- and definitely don't hold up as nicely as his novels have. I would probably give the short stories 3/5, but for the Original Illustrated book as a whole I'd give a 4/5.

[Jeff French · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've had this book around for years, reading each of the three included novels from time to time, and then dipping into the short stories between other books. I finally decided to finish all the short stories. Twain's humor really comes through in the shorter format! If you've only read his longer works, I'd recommend the stories to you, too.

[Selena]

I never knew Twain wrote short stories. Couldn't get through "Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Odd to see "Prince and the Pauper" as an adult after reading the kid version. Lots of thees and thous and so on that made it a bit jarring at first.