Books by Mark Twain

Huckleberry Finn has been taken in by the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson, who intend to "sivilize" him. But when Huck's violent drunk of a father kidnaps him, Huck fakes his own death to escape. Teaming up with Jim, an escaped slave with a price on his head, the two fugitives go on the run, traveling down the Mississippi River on a raft. But Huck finds himself facing a terrible decision. Should he help Jim escape to the free states or turn his friend in? By allowing Huck to tell his own story, Mark Twain addresses America's painful contradictions of racism and segregation in a "free" and "equal" society. The book has always sparked controversy, but most scholars continue to praise it as a modern masterpiece, one of the greatest novels in all of American literature. Newly designed and typeset by Waking Lion Press.

Dies ist die anstrengendste Wanderung vor der Erstbesteigung des Mount Everest - besonders für die Lachmuskeln! Obwohl der Baedecker nur drei Stunden bis zum Erreichen des Riffelberg-Gipfels angibt, weiß Mark Twain es besser: Sieben Tage benötigen er und seine voll ausgerüstete Expedition. Klar, daß das nicht ohne Hindernisse vonstatten gegangen ist.

Do you want to read The Mysterious Stranger? If so then keep reading...This story is told by Theodor Fischer, a boy who lives in a small Austrian village and quietly exists with his friends, relatives and community. One day a stranger appears in the village and befriends Theodor and his chums. He tells them that his name is Satan and he is the nephew of "the Satan". He is capable of all types of magic, predictions and apparitions that he reveals in various ways to the boys. But throughout the story Satan expels his wisdom on the character and futility of mankind.While this work contains the wit and humor typical of Mark Twain, the story line is considered a serious social commentary on Twain's criticism of organized religion.What are you waiting for The Mysterious Stranger is one click away, select the "Buy Now" button in the top right corner NOW!

Two young boys are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. After a chance encounter, Prince Edward decides to switch places with Tom, so that he can experience life as a London pauper.

Mark Twain is one of the wittiest and most prolific writers of all time. He is mostly known for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which is often called the Great American Novel. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced" and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". Twain began his career writing light, humorous verse, but he became a chronicler of the vanities, hypocrisies, and murderous acts of mankind. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. These 100 quotes have been carefully selected from his huge body of work to introduce you to his character and provide you with some of his sharpest thoughts and phrasings.

EXTRACTS FROM ADAM¿S DIARY (1904) and EVE¿S DIARY (1906) are essentially send-ups of the scripture, in which Twain parodied Genesis, the parables of creation and original sin, and Eve¿s role in the fall of humankind. In EXTRACTS FROM ADAM¿S DIARY, published with Fred Strothmann¿s humorous cartoons of supposedly ancient stone carvings on every left-hand page, Twain playfully established Niagara Falls Park as the setting of the Garden of Eden, ¿the honeymoon capital of the world.¿EVE¿S DIARY, accompanied by the stunning line drawings of Lester Ralph, was Twain¿s moving eulogy to his wife, Livy, who died the previous year. The grief-stricken Samuel Clemens, in a letter to his brother-in-law, Charles Langdon, wrote: ¿I am a man without a country. Wherever Livy was that was my country.¿ Similarly Adam¿s tribute to Eve at the end of Eve¿s Diary reads, ¿Wheresoever she was, there was Eden.¿ Eve¿s story is tender throughout and focuses on the more humorous aspects of Adam and Eve¿s relationship and eventual ¿marriage.¿ Like Adam¿s story it lacks the darker implications of the other biblical pieces Twain wrote during the last decade of his life.

Do you want to read The Mysterious Stranger? If so then keep reading...This story is told by Theodor Fischer, a boy who lives in a small Austrian village and quietly exists with his friends, relatives and community. One day a stranger appears in the village and befriends Theodor and his chums. He tells them that his name is Satan and he is the nephew of "the Satan". He is capable of all types of magic, predictions and apparitions that he reveals in various ways to the boys. But throughout the story Satan expels his wisdom on the character and futility of mankind.While this work contains the wit and humor typical of Mark Twain, the story line is considered a serious social commentary on Twain's criticism of organized religion.What are you waiting for The Mysterious Stranger is one click away, select the "Buy Now" button in the top right corner NOW!

This book "" The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches "" has been considered important throughout the human history. It has been out of print for decades.So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

A legendary story in itself The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a delight for every book lover. Laced with unexpected twists and turns and adventures of all kinds, the novel is journey of people in the maze of life and how they endure the situations life throws at them. Set up in the backdrop of America, Tom has his share of adventures along with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Tom also has a love angle where is constantly trying to pursue Becky and does not give up despite repeated rejections. It is w

"The Stolen White Elephant" is a short story written by Mark Twain and published in 1882 by James R. Osgood. In this detective mystery, a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local police department goes into high gear to solve the mystery but it all comes to a tragic end.