Mark Twain Short Stories

by Mark Twain

Notorious Jumping Frog; Story of the Bad Little Boy; Punch, Brothers, Punch; Guying the Guides; The Invalid's Story; Speech on Weather; What Stumped the Blue Jays; Story of the Old Ram

2 pages, Audio Cassette

Published January 1, 1985

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

[Carol Guthrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mark Twain's short stories vary from hilarious to ridiculous; they are not for the faint of heart. His underlying story morals are genuinely thought-provoking. Twain's cynical leanings are evident, yet usually quite humorous - although they often tend toward the outrageous.