Great Short Works of Mark Twain

Selected short works of humor and criticism by a revered American master Beloved by millions, Mark Twain is the quintessential American writer. More than anyone else, his blend of skepticism, caustic wit and sharp prose defines a certain American mythos. While his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is still taught to nearly everyone who attends school and is considered by many to be the Great American Novel, Twain''s shorter stories and criticisms have unequalled style and bite. In a review that''s less than kind to the writing of James Fenimore Cooper, Twain writes: "Every time a Cooper person is in peril, and absolute silence is worth four dollars a minute, he is sure to step on a dry twig. There may be a hundred handier things to step on, but that wouldn''t satisfy Cooper. Cooper requires him to turn out and find a dry twig; and if he can''t do it, go and borrow one." It''s difficult to imagine anyone else writing in quite this style, though many have tried, which is why Twain''s legacy only continues to grow. The collection includes 20 works, including: Old Times on the Mississippi The Mysterious Stranger The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg The Jumping Frog Jim Baker''s Bluejay Yarn A True Story Letter to the Earth The War Prayer

Product details

• Authors: Mark Twain, Mark/ Kaplan Twain
• Assisted by: Justin Kaplan (Editor)
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2004
• EAN: 9780060727864
• ISBN: 978-0-06-072786-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Perennial Classics; Perennial Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Media Tie-In, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Classics, RELIGION: THEOLOGY, FICTION: Animals, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: LITERARY COLLECTIONS, RELIGION: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Russian & Former Soviet Union