Books by Mark Twain

Longtime admirers of Mark Twain are aware of how integral animals were to his work as a writer, from his first stories through his final years, including many pieces that were left unpublished at his death. This beautiful volume, illustrated with 30 new images by master engraver Barry Moser, gathers writings from the full span of Mark Twain's career and elucidates his special attachment to and regard for animals. What may surprise even longtime readers and fans is that Twain was an early and ardent animal welfare advocate, the most prominent American of his day to take up that cause. Edited and selected by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, who has also supplied an introduction and afterword, Mark Twain's Book of Animals includes stories that are familiar along with those that are appearing in print for the first time.

This landmark anniversary edition contains a selection of Twain's hard-to-find letters and notes expressing his always-engaging opinions on the publication of Tom Sawyer.

"e;I've struck it!"e; Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "e;And I will give it away-to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography."e; Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "e;Final (and Right) Plan"e; for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion-to "e;talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment"e;-meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be "e;dead, and unaware, and indifferent,"e; and that he was therefore free to speak his "e;whole frank mind."e; The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press is proud to offer for the first time Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left it. This major literary event brings to readers, admirers, and scholars the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. Editors: Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick

Mark Twain's complete, uncensored Autobiography was an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author's death, as he requested. Published to rave reviews, the Autobiography was hailed as the capstone of Twain's career. It captures his authentic and unsuppressed voice, speaking clearly from the grave and brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions. The eagerly-awaited Volume 2 delves deeper into Mark Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Filled with his characteristic blend of humor and ire, the narrative ranges effortlessly across the contemporary scene. He shares his views on writing and speaking, his preoccupation with money, and his contempt for the politics and politicians of his day. Affectionate and scathing by turns, his intractable curiosity and candor are everywhere on view. Editors: Benjamin Griffin and Harriet E. Smith Associate Editors: Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz and Leslie Diane Myrick

o Includes the authoritative texts for eleven pieces written between 1868 and 1902o Publishes, for the first time, the complete text of "e;Villagers of 1840-3,"e; Mark Twain's astounding feat of memoryo Features a biographical directory and notes that reflect extensive new research on Mark Twain's early life in MissouriThroughout his career, Mark Twain frequently turned for inspiration to memories of his youth in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri. What has come to be known as the Matter of Hannibal inspired two of his most famous books, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and provided the basis for the eleven pieces reprinted here. Most of these selections (eight of them fiction and three of them autobiographical) were never completed, and all were left unpublished. Written between 1868 and 1902, they include a diverse assortment of adventures, satires, and reminiscences in which the characters of his own childhood and of his best-loved fiction, particularly Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, come alive again. The autobiographical recollections culminate in an astounding feat of memory titled "e;Villagers of 1840-3"e; in which the author, writing for himself alone at the age of sixty-one, recalls with humor and pathos the characters of some one hundred and fifty people from his childhood. Accompanied by notes that reflect extensive new research on Mark Twain's early life in Missouri, the selections in this volume offer a revealing view of Mark Twain's varied and repeated attempts to give literary expression to the Matter of Hannibal.

This is the only authoritative text of this late novel. It reproduces the manuscript which Mark Twain wrote last, and the only one he finished or called the "e;The Mysterious Stranger."e; Albert Bigelow Paine's edition of the same name has been shown to be a textual fraud.

The University of California Press is delighted to announce the new publication of this three-act play by one of America's most important and well-loved writers. A highly entertaining comedy that has never appeared in print or on stage, Is He Dead? is finally available to the wide audience Mark Twain wished it to reach. Written in 1898 in Vienna as Twain emerged from one of the deepest depressions of his life, the play shows its author's superb gift for humor operating at its most energetic. The text of Is He Dead?, based on the manuscript in the Mark Twain Papers, appears here together with an illuminating essay by renowned Mark Twain scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin and with Barry Moser's original woodcut illustrations in a volume that will surely become a treasured addition to the Mark Twain legacy. Richly intermingling elements of burlesque, farce, and social satire with a wry look at the world market in art, Is He Dead? centers on a group of poor artists in Barbizon, France, who stage the death of a friend to drive up the price of his paintings. In order to make this scheme succeed, the artists hatch some hilarious plots involving cross-dressing, a full-scale fake funeral, lovers' deceptions, and much more. Mark Twain was fascinated by the theater and made many attempts at playwriting, but this play is certainly his best. Is He Dead? may have been too "e;out there"e; for the Victorian 1890s, but today's readers will thoroughly enjoy Mark Twain's well-crafted dialogue, intriguing cast of characters, and above all, his characteristic ebullience and humor. In Shelley Fisher Fishkin's estimation, it is "e;a champagne cocktail of a play--not too dry, not too sweet, with just the right amount of bubbles and buzz."e;

In the summer of 1855, when the nineteen-year-old Sam Clements traveled from Saint Louis to Hannibal, Paris, and Florida, Missouri, and then to Keokuk, Iowa, he carried with him a notebook in which he entered French lessons, phrenological information, miscellaneous observations, and reminders about errands to be performed. This first notebook thus took the random form which would characterize most of those to follow.About the text: In order to avoid editorial misrepresentation and to preserve the texture of autograph documents, the entries are presented in their original, often unfinished, form with most of Clemens irregularities, inconsistencies, errors, and cancellations unchanged. Clemens cancellations are included in the text enclosed in angle brackets, thus <word>; editorially-supplied conjectural readings are in square brackets, thus [word]; hyphens within square brackets stand for unreadable letters, thus [--]; and editorial remarks are italicized and enclosed in square brackets, thus [blank page}- A slash separates alternative readings which Clemens left unresolved, thus word/word. The separation of entries is indicated on the printed page by extra space between lines; when the end of a manuscript entry coincides with the end of a page of the printed text, the symbol [#] follows the entry. A full discussion of textual procedures accompanies the tables of emendation and details of inscription in the Textual Apparatus at the end of each volume; specific textual problems are explained in headnotes or footnotes when unusual situations warrant.

With an Introduction and Notes by Stuart Hutchinson, University of Kent at Canterbury.Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murderer, eventually escaping and finding the treasure that Joe had buried.Huckleberry Finn recounts the further adventures of Huck, who runs away from a drunken and brutal father, and meets up with the escaped slave Jim. They float down the Mississippi on a raft, participating in the lives of the characters they meet, witnessing corruption, moral decay and intellectual impoverishment.Sharing so much in background and character, these two stories, the best of Twain, indisputably belong together in one volume. Though originally written as adventure stories for young people, the vivid writing provides a profound commentary on provincial American life in the mid-nineteenth century and the institution of slavery.

When Connecticut mechanic and foreman Hank Morgan is knocked unconscious, he wakes not to the familiar scenes of nineteenth-century America but to the bewildering sights and sounds of sixth-century Camelot. Although confused at first and quickly imprisoned, he soon realises that his knowledge of the future can transform his fate. Correctly predicting a solar eclipse from inside his prison cell, Morgan terrifies the people of England into releasing him and swiftly establishes himself as the most powerful magician in the land, stronger than Merlin and greatly admired by Arthur himself. But the Connecticut Yankee wishes for more than simply a place at the Round Table. Soon, he begins a far greater struggle: to bring American democratic ideals to Old England. Complex and fascinating, A Connecticut Yankee is a darkly comic consideration of the nature of human nature and society.

Who Is Mark Twain? is a collection of twenty six wickedly funny, thought-provoking essays by Samuel Langhorne Clemensaka Mark Twainnone of which have ever been published before, and all of which are completely contemporary, amazingly relevant, and gut-bustingly hilarious.

"Og se nu, se hvor Mississippi i sin seng af oversvømmede skove vågner mod dagen! Se hvor kæmpefloden nyder sin bugtning! Hvor den flommer kongeligt i bue og svinger flåder af træer og laset drivtømmer i sine hvirvler! Se hvor den fører en uhyre hjuldamper i sin syndflodsfavn som en danser der er herre på gulvet! Se de sunkne næs – oh hvilken urmætig ro over landskabet af druknede skove! Ser du ikke hvor strømmens morgenvande klæder sig milebredt mod dagens tarvelige lys og vandrer sundt under de svangre skyer!"Mark Twain fortællinger om livet på Mississippi og tager os med til den store flod og de mange hjuldamperes storhedstid i midten af 1800-tallet. Bogen er forsynet med et forord af Frithof Brandt og afsluttes med et essay af Johannes V. Jensen.Mark Twain er pseudonym for den amerikanske forfatter Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), som blandt andet står bag klassikerne "Tom Sawyer" og "Huckleberry Finn". Mark Twain debuterede med "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" og skrev sidenhen et væld af romaner, essays og faglitterære bøger. Kort før sin død skrev Mark Twain sin selvbiografi med instrukser om, at den først skulle udgives 100 år efter hans død, sandsynligvis på grund af hans meget åbenhjertige udtalelser i bogen.

Mark Twain fortæller om livet i slutningen af 1800-tallet i USA. Novellerne er af delvist selvbiografisk karakter og fyldt med den humor og satire, som er karakteristisk for Mark Twain. Bogen indeholder blandt andet novellerne "Hvordan det kan gå en genert ung mand", "Ude i Nevada", "En tale om vejret i New England", "Da jeg blev morder" og "Den store kødkontrakt".Mark Twain er pseudonym for den amerikanske forfatter Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), som blandt andet står bag klassikerne "Tom Sawyer" og "Huckleberry Finn". Mark Twain debuterede med "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" og skrev sidenhen et væld af romaner, essays og faglitterære bøger. Kort før sin død skrev Mark Twain sin selvbiografi med instrukser om, at den først skulle udgives 100 år efter hans død, sandsynligvis på grund af hans meget åbenhjertige udtalelser i bogen.

Poika nimeltä Huckleberry Finn ja orjakarkuri Jim ovat matkalla lautalla. Matka on pitkä, jännittävä ja täynnä vaaroja. Huckleberry ja Jim matkaavat Mississippi-jokea pitkin Cairoon, Illinoisiin. Matkansa aikana parivaljakko kohtaa monia dramaattisia hetkiä, kun he muun muassa haaksirikkoutuvat ja selviytyvät murhayrityksestä.Romaani sijoittuu 1840-luvulle aikaan ennen Yhdysvaltain sisällissotaa. Twainin romaani vuodelta 1884 käsittelee rodun, identiteetin ja orjuuden teemoja. Huckleberry Finnin seikkailut on filmatisoitu vuosina 1993 ja 2012 nimellä The Adventures of Huck Finn, Huckleberry Finnin seikkailut.Huckleberry Finnin seikkailut on Twainin mestariteos. Jopa itse Ernest Hemingway on julistanut teoksen amerikkalaisen kirjallisuuden kulmakiveksi. Myös nimitykset "amerikkalainen suurromaani" sekä "Amerikan Odysseia" on liitetty Huckleberry Finnin seikkailuihin.Mark Twain (synt. Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835–1910) oli amerikkalainen humoristi, kirjailja ja luennoitsija. Hän vietti lapsuutensa lähellä Mississippi-jokea, minne myös Huckleberry Finnin seikkailut sijoittuu.

"Huck Finn" af Mark Twain er historien om drengen Huckleberry Finn på 13-14 år, der stikker af hjemmefra i tiden før den amerikanske borgerkrig. På sin rejse møder han den bortløbne slave Jim og sammen rejser de på en tømmerflåde op ad Mississippifloden fra Missouri til Illinois. En tur, der både byder på eventyr, fare og en masse pudsige personager langs den berømte flod. Mark Twain er pseudonym for den amerikanske forfatter Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), som blandt andet står bag klassikerne "Tom Sawyer" og "Huckleberry Finn". Mark Twain debuterede med "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" og skrev sidenhen et væld af romaner, essays og faglitterære bøger. Kort før sin død skrev Mark Twain sin selvbiografi med instrukser om, at den først skulle udgives 100 år efter hans død, sandsynligvis på grund af hans meget åbenhjertige udtalelser i bogen.

Det finns mer att upptäcka av Mark Twains författarskap förutom de berömda romanerna om Tom Sawyer och Huckleberry Finn. På Mississippifloden : minnen, händelser och äventyr är på en gång reseskildring och självbiografi sjudande av nostalgi, satir och melankoli. Författaren återvänder till Mississippifloden där han lekte som barn, drömde sig bort som yngling och som han nu möter igen som en mogen och framgångsrik man. Det är ett rikt portätt av floden Mississippi och Amerika från åren innan inbördeskriget till de allvarsamma år som följde därefter.I originalöversättning av Ernst SkarstedtMark Twain (1835-1910), pseudonym för Samuel Langhorne Clemens, var en amerikansk författare, reporter och reseskildrare. Innan han fick sitt litterära genombrott arbetade Twain på flodångare. Hans berättelser om Huckleberry Finn och Tom Sawyer har blivit riktiga klassiker och ligger till grund för flera filmatiseringar.

I den første af de to historier, der spindes ind i hinanden i denne novelle eftersøger Archy Stillman sin fader for at skaffe sin moder hævn for den mishandling, han udsatte hende for i deres ægteskabs første måneder, før han forsvandt. I den anden møder samme Archy Stillman Sherlock Holmes i forbindelse med mordet på en søvminearbejder i den lille flække Hope Canyon i Californien, hvortil Holmes er ankommet for at tale med sin nevø Fetlock.Archy, der har et lokalt rygte for at kunne finde hvad som helst, om det så er den side, der sidst er blevet vendt i en given bog, kommer her i clinch med Sherlock over, hvem der er den rette gerningsmand i mordsagen - med et uventet udfald.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature".

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature".

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature".

Les aventures de Tom Sawyer és una de les més grans novel·les per a adolescents que s’han escrit mai. Tota la vida dels pobles de la riba del Mississipí hi és mostrada a través de la narració dels jocs, les preocupacions, les activitats i les relacions d’un parell de personatges que han esdevingut veritables clàssics de la novel·la d’aventures: Tom Sawyer i Huck Finn.Samuel Langhorne Clemens, más conocido como Mark Twain (1835-1910) fue un famoso escritor, orador y humorista estadounidense. Su estilo popular, su ingenio y el humor irónico y satírico de sus obras, le dieron fama, siendo considerado mundialmente como referente de la literatura norteamericana.

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.Teñido de la ironía y de la peculiar visión del mundo propias de Mark Twain (1835-1910), "Los diarios de Adán y Eva" es un breve y delicioso librito que reúne dos obras afines que ahondan en el eterno contraste entre hombre y mujer, en sus distintas sensibilidades, en sus maneras de enfrentarse a la vida y de manejarla. Aunque atados, inevitablemente, a ciertos estereotipos, bajo los textos late, asimismo, una manifiesta corriente de ternura. Y es que, si es muy plausible que Twain escribiera el "Diario de Eva" (1905) a modo de póstuma declaración de amor a su mujer Olivia Langdon, también lo es que modificara en consecuencia, como sugiere su colofón, el anterior "Diario de Adán" (1892).Samuel Langhorne Clemens, más conocido como Mark Twain (1835-1910) fue un famoso escritor, orador y humorista estadounidense. Su estilo popular, su ingenio y el humor irónico y satírico de sus obras, le dieron fama, siendo considerado mundialmente como referente de la literatura norteamericana.

From the Mark Twain Project comes a freshly informed look at Twain's controversial Civil War story "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed." Twenty years after Appomattox, Twain published a highly fictionalized account of his two-week stint in the Confederate Army. Ostensibly this told what he did (or, in his own words, why he "didn't do anything") in the war; but the article was criticized as disingenuous, and it did little to address a growing curiosity about the nature of his brief military service. The complex political situation in Missouri during the early months of the war and Twain's genius for transforming life into fiction have tended to obstruct historical understanding of "The Private History"; interpretations of Samuel Clemens's enthusiastic enlistment, sedulous avoidance of combat, and abandonment of the rebellion have ranged from condemnation to celebration. Aided by Twain's notes and correspondence- transcribed and published here for the first time-Benjamin Griffin of UC Berkeley's Mark Twain Project offers a new and cogent analysis, particularly of Clemens's multiple revisions of his own war experience. A necessity for any Twain bookshelf, Mark Twain's Civil War sheds light on a great writer's changeable and challenging position on the deadliest of American conflicts.

A great American novelist, illustrated by a great American artist - now available in a collectible two-volume set.

—«Ella dice que la serpiente le aconseja probar el fruto de ese árbol y dice que el resultado será una noble, bella y grandiosa educación [...]. Le aconsejé que se mantuviera alejada del árbol. Dijo que no lo haría. Preveo problemas. Emigraré»—. Hay problemas en el paraíso.Mark Twain nos presenta en este breve relato cómico los conflictos y problemas que generan la vida en pareja y la convivencia, no siempre fácil, aunque sea en el Paraíso. A través de los relatos paralelos de los padres de la humanidad, y con un texto que combina en igual medida diversión y profundidad, primero Adán y luego Eva nos hacen partícipes de sus desventuras que, a decir verdad, no son muy distintas de las de cualquier relación de nuestro tiempo.Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.Samuel Langhorne Clemens, más conocido como Mark Twain (1835-1910) fue un famoso escritor, orador y humorista estadounidense. Su estilo popular, su ingenio y el humor irónico y satírico de sus obras, le dieron fama, siendo considerado mundialmente como referente de la literatura norteamericana.

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. Cada vez que cae en nuestras manos un libro de aventuras de Tom Sawyer, sin querer nos vienen a la memoria aquellos sábados o domingos de invierno en que, acurrucados en el salón o en cualquier otro rincón de la casa, devorábamos aquellas aventuras con las que nos identificábamos plenamente. En Tom Sawyer detective, Tom y su inseparable Huck van a viajar a lo largo del Mississippi en un magnífico barco de vapor. Allí serán partícipes del comienzo de una trama sorprendente en la que hay de todo:  robo de diamantes, recompensas, asesinato...   Y va a ser la habilidad deductiva de Tom la que conseguirá, como siempre, poner final feliz a una aventura cuyo principio presagiaba todo lo contrario. rnSamuel Langhorne Clemens, más conocido como Mark Twain (1835-1910) fue un famoso escritor, orador y humorista estadounidense. Su estilo popular, su ingenio y el humor irónico y satírico de sus obras, le dieron fama, siendo considerado mundialmente como referente de la literatura norteamericana.