The Complete Essays of Mark Twain
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: October 25, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 744
ISBN-13: 9780306809576
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Other prose: from c 1900 -; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; English; Literary Criticism; USA; American - General; Essays
First sentence: Being a stranger, it would be immodest and unbecoming in me to suddenly and violently assume the associate editorship of the Buffalo Express without a single explanatory word of comfort or encouragement to the unoffending patrons of the paper, who are about to be exposed to constant attacks of my wisdom and learning.