Title: The Best of Mark Twain
First published: February 1986
Description: side 1: The notorious [sic] jumping frog of Calaveras County (15:30) ; The story of the bad little boy (8:27) --
side 2: Punch, brothers, punch (13:17) ; Guying the guides (11:30) --
side 3: The invalid's story (19:20) ; Speech on the weather (8:23) --
side 4: What stumped the blue jays (12:46) ; The story of the old ram (12:03) --
side 5: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: preface (1:55); chapter 1, "Tom plays, fights and hides" (8:32); chapter 2, "The glorious whitewasher" (14:51) --
side 6: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: chapter 12, "The cat and the pain-killer" (10:20); chapter 13, "The pirate crew set sail" (18:28) --
side 7: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: chapter 1, "Moses and the bullrushers" (10:00); chapter 6, "Pap's struggles with the Death Angel" (19:38) --
side 8: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: chapter 16, "The rattlesnake-skin does its work" (9:15); chapter 19, "The Duke and the Dauphin come aboard" (15:20). side 9: The Diary of Adam and Eve: Extracts from Adam's diary (32:51); Eve's diary (beginning) (7:00) --
side 10: The Diary of Adam and Eve: Eve's diary (concluded) (21:14); Extract from Adam's diary (5:17); Extracts from Eve's diary (11:40); Adam at Eve's grave (0:13) --
side 11: Life on the Mississippi: selections from chapter 4, 5, and 6: "A boy's ambition"; "I want to be a cub pilot"; "A cub pilot's experience" (29:31) --
side 12: Life on the Mississippi: selections from chapter 8, "Perplexing lessons"; chapter 13, "A pilot's needs"; chapter 16, "Racing days"; Conclusion (28:32).