The Complete Short Stories and Famous Essays of Mark Twain

by Mark Twain

1014 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1111

About the author

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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

[Robert Patterson]

This is the second or third time that I have read Twain's short fiction. Most stand the test of time. What stands out is a look at a long past America, that may have only existed in the imagination of the author. No matter the time frame events in America were and are out of the hands of the average citizen who had to chart a course through the unpredictable changing myth of America.

[Ben]

I had forgotten what a great writer Twain was, and this book is an excellent reminder.

[Susan Laine]

have

[Gail Kubik]

i OWN THIS COPY AND LOVE TO REREAD IT MY FAVORITE STORY THE PITIFUL GHOST "A Ghost Story"