The Family Mark Twain
Publisher: Dorset Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1462
ISBN-13: 9780880292641
Copyright date: 1935
Subjects: Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; English; Literary studies: 19th century; Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; USA
Description: The following complete books of Mark Twain are included in this volume: Life on the Mississippi, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

The following, each one complete in itself, are taken from the separate volumes of the complete set: Pudd'nhead Wilson; Tom Sawyer Abroad; The Jumping Frog; The Petrified Man; My Bloody Massacre; The Stolen White Elephant; Punch, Brothers, Punch; Speech on the Weather; Eve's Diary; The Turning-point of My Life; The Awful German Language; Private History of the "Jumping Frog" Story; The Invalid's Story; The Last Lotos Club Speech; The Mysterious Stranger; Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven; The Private History of a Campaign That Failed; To the Person Sitting in Darkness; Corn-pone Opinions; The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg; My Début as a Literary Person.

The following extracts are included: Baker's Bluejay Yarn from A Tramp Abroad, and Fourteen Selected Chapters from Volumes One and Two of the The Gilded Age.

All the material in this book is printed in unabridged form.
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Table of contents: title: Mark Twain: a biographical summary, by A.B. Paine.--In homage to Mark Twain, by Owen Wister.--Complete books: Life on the Mississippi. The adventures of Tom Sawyer. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court.--Selections: Pudd'nhead Wilson. Tom Sawyer abroad. The jumping frog. The petrified man. My bloody massacre. The stolen white elephant. Punch, brothers, punch. Speech on the weather. Eve's diary. The turning-point of my life. Baker's bluejay yarn. The awful German language. Private history of the "Jumping frog" story. The invalid's story. The last Lotos club speech. The mysterious stranger. Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven. The private history of a campaign that failed. Selected chapters from The gilded age. To the person sitting in darkness. Corn-pone opinions. The man that corrupted Hadleyburg. My début as a literary person.