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The Story
The author of outstanding travel books, autobiographical works and novels, including the classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910) is regarded by many as America's finest humorist and a major writer of short stories.
The four selections in this volume span his entire writing career and are among his best-known stories. They include: "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," one of Twain's most amusing pieces of folk humor, first published in 1865; "The £1,000,000 Bank Note," a lighthearted exploration of the power of money; "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," a masterfully written short story about greed; and his last work, "The Mysterious Stranger," a novelette published posthumously in 1916, presenting Twain's rather grim views of God, man, and the universe.
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Description
The author of outstanding travel books, autobiographical works and novels, including the classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910) is regarded by many as America's finest humorist and a major writer of short stories.
The four selections in this volume span his entire writing career and are among his best-known stories. They include: "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," one of Twain's most amusing pieces of folk humor, first published in 1865; "The £1,000,000 Bank Note," a lighthearted exploration of the power of money; "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," a masterfully written short story about greed; and his last work, "The Mysterious Stranger," a novelette published posthumously in 1916, presenting Twain's rather grim views of God, man, and the universe.
stolen white;dark romanticism;true novella;century austrian;pound bank-note;bank note;savvy detective;paid actor;stranger passing;boys continue;abused slave;notorious jumping;burglar alarm;ferocious battle;million pound;corrupted hadleyburg;eight tales;helpless humans;famous uncle;inevitable failure;celebrated jumping;austrian village;eternal happiness;evil entities;jumping frog;moral conflict;white elephant;pure reason;outwit evil;serious moral;late 16th;moral sense;perceived slight;human nature;boaster;eternities;calaveras;stingily;1590;himsef;theodor;solipsism;astrologer;sleight;mouthpiece;gullibility;misanthropic;huckleberry;1916;employing;posthumously;mouths;carnival;satan;conscience;mankind;nephew;cynical;peter;tom sawyer;gregory peck;austria;london;missisippi;employ;books on moral senses;books on human natures;books on mouthpieces;books on million pounds;books on true novellas;books on eight tales;books on carnivals;books on nephews;books on bank notes;books on consciences;books on huckleberry;books on moral conflicts;books on astrologers;books on sleights;jump frog;books on jumping frogs;books on mouths;books on mankind;books on pure reasons;books on white elephants;books on eternal happinesses;books on burglar alarms;books on eternities;books on satansThe four selections in this volume span his entire writing career and are among his best-known stories. They include: "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," one of Twain's most amusing pieces of folk humor, first published in 1865; "The £1,000,000 Bank Note," a lighthearted exploration of the power of money; "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," a masterfully written short story about greed; and his last work, "The Mysterious Stranger," a novelette published posthumously in 1916, presenting Twain's rather grim views of God, man, and the universe.
