“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
The Mark Twain Complete Collection comprises unabridged recordings of Twain’s greatest twelve novels, 120 short stories, his celebrated travelogues and pieces of journalism and non-fiction.
From the mischievous adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn to the sharp satire of The Innocents Abroad, and his autobiographical tales of life on the Mississippi, Twain’s keen, satirical eye remains as fresh, bold and bitingly funny as ever as he guides his audience from gilded-age parlours to far-flung corners of the world in this celebration of the enduring power of a well-told story.
The titles included in this collection
Novels
The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe Adventures of Tom SawyerA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s CoatThe Gilded AgePersonal Recollections of Joan of ArcA Prince and the PauperThe American ClaimantTom Sawyer AbroadTom Sawyer, DetectivePudd’nhead WilsonA Horse’s TaleThe Mysterious StrangerShort Stories
Over 120 of Twain's inventive, humorous, and most-loved short stories.
Travel Writing and Journalism
Old Times on the MississippiLife on the MississippiChapters From My AutobiographyThe Innocents AbroadRoughing ItA Tramp AbroadFollowing the EquatorSome Rambling Notes of An Idle ExcursionChristian ScienceQueen Victoria’s JubileeMy Platonic SweetheartEditorial Wild Oats Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain (1835–1910), grew up along the banks of the Mississippi River, and his early experiences inspired many of his most famous works, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Widely celebrated as America’s greatest humorist, Twain captured the spirit of a rapidly changing nation, and his sharp wit, keen eye for human nature, and gift for storytelling made him not only a beloved novelist but also a popular lecturer and essayist.
Twain's innovative style, character-driven storytelling and ability to interweave humour with profound social critique laid the groundwork for modern American literature and has inspired countless authors, including Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Indeed, Hemingway famously declared that “all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.”
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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.