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Twain published this novel himself in collaboration with the firm of James R. Osgood. A satiric costume novel full of mock-elegant language and convoluted plot elements, THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER was a critical and financial failure in its day, and a personal disaster for Twain.

In A Tramp Abroad, Mark Twain's unofficial sequel to The Innocents Abroad, the author records his hilarious and diverse observations and insights while on a fifteen-month walking trip through Central Europe and the Alps. "Here you have Twain's inimitable mix," writes Dave Eggers in his Introduction, "of the folksy and the effortlessly erudite, his unshakable good sense and his legendary wit, his knack for the easy relation of a perfect anecdote, and some achingly beautiful nature writing." This Modern Library Paperback Classic reproduces the text of the first American edition and features new explanatory notes and a critical Afterword by Kerry Driscoll, professor of English at Saint Joseph College in Connecticut.

In Twain's 1889 satire/fantasy, Hank Morgan, a Hartford factory worker, after a blow to the head, finds himself transported to sixth-century England, where his knowledge of the scientific advances of the 19th century convince Arthur and his knights that he has magical powers. His attempts to introduce advanced technology lead to disaster. Twain's book infuriated his British readers because of the anti-monarchy opinions of its hero; it was true that Twain did have a somewhat vengeful motive for the novel after an article was published by the eminent English poet and critic Matthew Arnold that ...

"A Connecticut Yankee" is Mark Twain''s most ambitious work, a tour de force with a science-fiction plot told in the racy slang of a Hartford workingman, sparkling with literary hijinks as well as social and political satire. Mark Twain characterized his novel as "one vast sardonic laugh at the trivialities, the servilities of our poor human race." The Yankee, suddenly transported from his native nineteenth-century America to the sleepy sixth-century Britain of King Arthur and the Round Table, vows brashly to "boss the whole country inside of three weeks." And so he does. Emerging as "The Boss," he embarks on an ambitious plan to modernize Camelot--with unexpected results. Daniel Carter Beard illustrated the first edition of Yankee in 1889, and Mark Twain praised his work as "better than the book--which is a good deal for me to say, I reckon." This Mark Twain Library edition reprints the text based on the author''s manuscript, all 221 of Beard''s illustrations, and the notes from the California scholarly edition.

Concebida en un principio como continuación de «Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer» (BT 8007), LAS AVENTURAS DE HUCKLEBERRY FINN es reputada sin discusión como la obramaestra de MARK TWAIN (1835-1910). Cuad

Includes 4 memorable selections spanning the career of famed American humorist: "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," first published in 1865; "The 1,000,000 Bank Note," "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," and Twain's last work, "The Mysterious Stranger," published posthumously in 1916.

Eight entertaining tales, including the celebrated classic "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses," Twain's hilarious savaging of that author's style; as well as "Journalism in Tennessee," "About Barbers," "The Stolen White Elephant," "A Literary Nightmare," "How to Tell a Story," more.

This collection of lesser-known gems by Mark Twain (1835-1910) begins with a witty account of a fictional town called Hadleyburg, which prides itself on its long untarnished tradition of incorruptible citizens. One day someone in the town offends a stranger passing through and he vows to take revenge by plotting an elaborate scheme to show the whole nation just how corruptible this sanctimonious bastion of virtue really is. Twain is at his best here poking fun at small-town hypocrisy as the self-satisfied pillars of the community are done in by their own greed. Also included are fourteen other short pieces of fiction and nonfiction, including Twain''s account of his literary debut as a reporter, an essay on the famous author''s ''first lie,'' an amusing tongue-in-cheek petition to Queen Victoria regarding a tax bill sent to Twain by the English revenue office, an ''Esquimau Maiden''s Romance,'' a detective story, and other intriguing and scarcely known pieces. These entertaining short works will be a welcome discovery to all those who have enjoyed Twain''s popular novels and stories.

Muchas ganas de vivir aventuras y mucha vitalidad, ingenio y alegría. Ése es Tom Sawyer. Algunas de sus muchas ocurrencias le causarán problemas.

Muchas ganas de vivir aventuras y mucha vitalidad, ingenio y alegría. Ése es Tom Sawyer. Algunas de sus muchas ocurrencias le causarán problemas.

Wilson, el chiflado es una divertida y poderosa fábula sobre las relaciones entre blancos y negros en el viejo sur de Estados Unidos. En ella, una madre negra, atormentada ante la posibilidad de ser vendida y separada de su hijo, decide cambiar a este (blanco de piel, pues es hijo del amo) por el hijo legitimo de su dueño. Esta narracion, llena de humor, aprovecha al maximo su complicado juego de apariencias y simetrias para componer, por debajo de una factura simplisima y como de cuento, una reflexion sobre la identidad y la simulacion. Mark Twain nacio en 1835 en Florida y murio en 1910. Es autor del ciclo de Tom Sawyer y Huckleberry Finn, tambien es autor de novelas tan celebres como El principe y el mendigo (1881) o Un yanqui en la corte del rey Arturo (1889).

Con Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain empieza a revivir su niñez y su adolescencia mezclándolas con la ficción. La novela es una narración para niños, llena de peripecias; los héroes son los niños, pero tambien tiene un mensaje claro y directo para los adultos. El entorno de San Petersburgo (Hannibal) es un mundo inmenso, desconocido y tentador para Tom y Huck, universo que hay que investigar, explorar y conquistar.

Tom es un chico muy travieso que, acompañado de Huck y su pandilla, protagonizará las aventuras que se desarrollan en la ciudad de Petersburg. A través de todos los episodios, la vida a orillas del Mississipi, el caracter de sus habitantes, el paisaje, todo en conjunto, queda perfectamente retratado en esta novela.