The Complete Short Stories Of Mark Twain (Everyman's Library CLASSICS) - Hardcover

Twain, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184159346X ISBN 13: 9781841593463

Publisher: Everyman, 2012

Synopsis

HardCover Pub Date: 05 May 2012 Pages: 776 Publisher: Everyman Mark Twain's Famous novels. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (available in Everyman) have long been hailed AS major on masterpieces of. Of BUT it is less well known that the father of American literature also made his mark as a master of the short story. This is the only edition in hardcover of his complete shorter fiction: sixty tales spanning a long career - many rollicking and uproarious. some some and even shocking. Included. of course. are such immortal classics as 'The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' (1865). a humorous piece set in Gold-Rush California. which helped establish the young author's reputation. and 'The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg' (1899). a satirical novella in which a self-righteously respectable American small town is exposed as a fraud.

About this title

Book Description:

This is the only edition in hardcover of his complete shorter fiction.
Twain is a superb yarn-spinner, and his inimitable wit, nimble plotting and unerring insight into human nature are on full display throughout this thoroughly entertaining volume.

About the Author:

Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, born in Missouri in 1835. He was a typesetter, a river-boat pilot on the Mississippi and a gold prospector before achieving enormous fame as a writer and public speaker.

On his death in 1910 President William Howard Taft said of him:
"Mark Twain gave pleasure – real intellectual enjoyment – to millions, and his works will continue to give such pleasure to millions yet to come... His humour was American, but he was nearly as much appreciated by Englishmen and people of other countries as by his own countrymen. He has made an enduring part of American literature.”

About this edition

• Publisher: Everyman
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 184159346X
• ISBN 13: 9781841593463
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 776