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Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
" The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" is typically published as a single volume, not divided into separate volumes. It's a collaborative novel written by Mark Twain and Charles…
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James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain
The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time…
Lee Fanning, Wilson Toney
Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn are in Arkansas when they learn of a local legend-a mythical wild pig that's the size of a calf known as "Haggard Hoofs." Tom brashly…
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Mark Twain, Langhorne Samuel Clemens
After a blow to the head American Hank Morgan wakes up in England. Specifically King Arthur's England of 528. With no other options Morgan uses his knowledge of science to…
Twain Mark
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Mark Twain
All readers interested in illustrated literature, from middle school to young adult to the old and venerable, read, witnes, and analyze: Eve & Adam view the wonder of God's creation…
An abridged version of the adventures of Tom and his friends growing up in a small Missouri town on the banks of the Mississippi River in the nineteenth century.
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Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Double Barreled Detective Story by Mark Twain features Sherlock Holmes in the American west. Twain uses Sherlock Holmes to brilliantly parody the entire mystery genre. Holmes slavishly employs the…
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Expansive, thoughtful, irreverent, and entertaining, What Is Man? and Other Essays is essential reading for Twain enthusiasts and lovers of American literature. Includes an essay by H. L. Mencken and…
The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about 20 years…
A beautiful hardcover repackaging of this timeless classic from the publishers of the Autobiography of Mark Twain and in partnership with the Mark Twain Project.
This definitive edition of The…
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Albert Bigelow Paine
Archibald Henderson
William M Clemens
Anonymous
This two-volume biography provides a detailed portrait of one of America's most celebrated writers, Mark Twain. Authoritative and engaging, this work covers Twain's personal life, literary career, and cultural impact.
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Henry Nash Smith
Edited by R. Kent Rasmussen, this volume in the Critical Insights series collects a variety of new, classic, and contemporary essays on Twain’s life and works. Rasmussen’s introduction offers a…
Valerie Bodden
An introduction to the life and career of the American novelist and humorist.
Wayne Ashmore,Jennifer Nault
Maurice Sendak wrote and illustrated dozens of books in his career, many which went on to become cherished by millions of readers like Where the Wild Things Are and In…
Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the novelist, humorist, journalist, and orator who came to be known as Mark Twain was renowned for his wit, wisdom, and keen social commentary. This book…
Peter Messent
This book provides an overview of Mark Twain’s work and a close critical analysis of the forms and themes of his major texts.
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Nevertheless, the observation of M. Forgues is just and authentic–the Attic flavour of l'esprit Gaulois is alien to the loosely articulated structure of American humour. The noteworthy criticism which Mark…
Debra McArthur
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we…
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we…
Kevin J. Hayes
Synthesizing new information and sifting through the evidence, Mark Twain is a fresh, clear-sighted account of a crucial American writer.
I. M. Walker
Originally published in 1970. Mark Twain is generally known as a children’s writer. This serious and appreciative introduction by I. M. Walker shows that he is in fact a great…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in…
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we…
Wayne Ashmore
Mark Twain lived during the time of slavery and the Civil War in the United States. Writing was a way for Mark to express his views on these topics.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we…
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 2: 1907-1910, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we…
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we…