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[The title short story]... wrestles with questions of God and evil. It tells of a callous angel who drops in on a village and wreaks havoc. The angel makes tiny clay people come alive and then, for amusement, destroys them with a storm, a fire and an earthquake..." - Nicholas D. Kristof
Contains:
The mysterious stranger
A horse's tale
Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven
A fable
My platonic sweetheart
Hunting the deceitful turkey
The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm.
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American Humorous stories, Fiction, Quotations, Social life and customs, United States in fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author), United states, social life and customs, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Children's fictionPeople
Mark Twain (1835-1910)Places
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The mysterious stranger and other stories
1992, Dover Publications
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0486270696 9780486270692
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The Mysterious Stranger and Other Tales (Signet Classics)
February 1, 1962, Signet Classics
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0451524586 9780451524584
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Book Details
Table of Contents
The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County --
The facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut --
The stolen white elephant --
Luck --
The 1,000,000 (pound) bank-note --
The man that corrupted Hadleyburg --
The five boons of life --
Was it Heaven? Or Hell? --
The mysterious stranger.
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