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The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories (Signet Classics)

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"The humorous story is strictly a work of art—high and delicate—and only an artist can tell it."—Mark Twain, "How to Tell a Story"For nearly two decades before Mark Twain published his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he was refining his craft and winning tremendous popularity with his short stories and sketches. This richly entertaining and comprehensive collection presents sixty-five of the very best of Mark Twain's short pieces, from the classic frontier sketch "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" to the richly imaginative fable "Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven." Compiled by Pulitzer Prize–winning Twain scholar and biographer, Justin Kaplan, this collection represents some of Mark Twain's wittiest and most insightful writing.

Contains:

The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County --
The story of the bad little boy --
Cannibalism in the cars --
Niagara --
The Capitoline Venus --
Journalism in Tennessee --
A curious dream --
The facts in the case of the great beef contract --
How I edited an agricultural paper --
A medieval romance --
My watch --
Political economy --
Science vs luck --
The story of the good little boy --
A mysterious visit --
The great landslide case --
Buck Fanshaw's funeral --
Captain Ned Blakely --
His grandfather's old ram --
Dick Baker's cat --
A letter from Horace Greeley --
A true story --
Experiences of the McWilliamses with membranous croup --
Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning --
The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm --
The facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut --
The canvasser's tale --
The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton --
Edward Mills and George Benton: a tale --
Jim Baker's blue-jay yarn --
The man who put up at Gadsby's --
A curious experience --
The invalid's story --
The stolen white elephant --
A dying man's confession --
The professor's yarn --
A burning brand --
The private life of a campaign that failed --
A ghost story --
Luck --
Playing courier --
The Californian's tale --
Extracts from Adam's diary --
Eve's diary --
The Esquimau maiden's romance --
Is he living or is he dead? --
The Ł1,000,000 bank-note --
John Brown and Mary Taylor --
Cecil Rhode's shark --
Why Ed Jackson called on Commodore Vanderbilt --
The man that corrupted Hadleyburg --
The death disk --
Two little tales --
The belated Russian passport --
A double-barreled detective story --
The five boons of life --
Was it Heaven? or Hell? --
A dog's tale --
A horse's tale --
The $30,000 bequest --
The war prayer --
Hunting the deceitful turkey --
Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to Heaven --
A fable --
How to tell a story.

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Signet Classics
Language
English
Pages
809

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Cover of: The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories
The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories
2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories (Signet Classics)
The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories (Signet Classics)
May 2, 2006, Signet Classics
in English
Cover of: Short Stories (Penguin Classics)
Short Stories (Penguin Classics)
September 30, 1993, Penguin Books Ltd
Cover of: Mark Twain's short stories
Mark Twain's short stories
1993, Penguin
in English
Cover of: Twain Stories, The Signet Classic Book of Mark (Signet Classics)
Twain Stories, The Signet Classic Book of Mark (Signet Classics)
November 20, 1985, Signet Classics, New American Library
in English
Cover of: The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories (Signet Classics)
The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories (Signet Classics)
November 20, 1985, Signet Classics
in English
Cover of: Twain Stories, The Signet Classic Book of Mark
Twain Stories, The Signet Classic Book of Mark
November 20, 1985, Signet Classics

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Table of Contents

Notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County -- Story of the bad little boy -- Cannibalism in the cars -- Niagara -- Capitoline Venus -- Journalism in Tennessee -- A curious dream -- Facts in the case of the great beef contract -- How I edited an agricultural paper -- A medieval romance -- My watch -- Political economy -- Science vs. luck -- Story of the good little boy -- A mysterious visit -- Great landslide case -- Buck Fanshaw's funeral -- Captain Ned Blakely -- His grandfather's old ram -- Dick Baker's cat -- A letter from Horace Greeley -- A true story -- Experience of the McWilliamses with membranous croup -- Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning -- McWilliamses and the burglar alarm -- Facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut -- Canvasser's tale -- Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton -- Edward Mills and George Benton, a tale -- Jim Baker's bluejay yarn
Man who put up at Gadsby's -- A curious experience -- Invalid's story -- Stolen white elephant -- A dying man's confession -- Professor's yarn -- A burning brand -- Private history of a campaign that failed -- A ghost story -- Luck -- Playing courier -- Californian's tale -- Extract from Adam's diary -- Eve's diary -- Esquimau maiden's romance -- Is he living or is he dead? -- £1,000,000 bank-note -- John Brown and Mary Taylor --Cecil Rhodes's shark -- Why Ed Jackson called on Commodore Vanderbilt --Man that corrupted Hadleyburg -- Death disk -- Two little tales -- Belated Russian passport -- Double-barreled detective story -- Five boons of life -- Was it heaven? or hell? -- A dog's tale -- A horse's tale -- $30,000 bequest -- War prayer -- Hunting the deceitful turkey -- Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven -- A fable -- How to tell a story

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS1303.K37 2006, PS1303 .K37 2006

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7577376M
Internet Archive
signetclassicboo0000twai
ISBN 10
0451530160
ISBN 13
9780451530165
LCCN
2006282359
OCLC/WorldCat
68186599
Library Thing
236590
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
277555

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