A nineteenth-century boy, floating down the Mississippi River on a raft with a runaway slave, becomes involved with a feuding family, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt, who mistakes him for Tom.[...]
A classic tour of the wild west
In 1861, young Mark Twain found himself adrift as a tenderfoot in the Wild West?and "Roughing It" is his hilarious record of his travels come to life with his inimitable mixture of reporting, social satire, and rollicking tall tales.
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Take a lighthearted, nostalgic trip to a simpler time, seen through the eyes of a very special boy named Tom Sawyer. It is a dreamlike summertime world of hooky and adventure, pranks and punishment, villains and first love, filled with memorable characters. Adults a[...]
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut
The Stolen White Elephant
Luck
The 1,000,000 Bank-Note
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
The Five Boons of Life
Was It Heaven? Or Hell?
The Mysterious Stra[...]
Includes 4 memorable selections spanning the career of famed American humorist: "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," first published in 1865; "The1,000,000 Bank Note," "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," and Twain's last work, "The Mysterious Stranger," published posthumously in 1916.[...]
'Cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town because he was idle, and lawless, vulgar, and bad - and because all their children admired him so', Huckleberry Finn, the fourteen-year-old son of the town drunkard, joins runaway slave Jim on an exciting journey down the mighty Mississippi[...]
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER is an amusing, nostalgic look at boyhood on the Mississippi River in the mid-19th century, and is based on Mark Twain's memories of his youth in the river town of Hannibal, Missouri. Many of the story's characters and episodes are constructed from the author's early adve[...]
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Humorous Stories and Sketches, and "The Mysterious Stranger" and Other Stories ("The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and three others).
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Recounts the adventures of a young boy and an escaped slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft.[...]
Set in Renaissance England, "The Prince and the Pauper" tells the story of Tom Canty, a ragged pauper, and young Edward VI, only son of Henry VIII, who miraculously look exactly alike. Almost by accident, the boys exchange places a few days before Henry's death and Edward's coronation, leaving Tom t[...]
Universally acclaimed as one of the greatest creations of American fiction, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of those few books that are read over and over again, with ever increasing enjoyment. Here is a handsome reproduction of the original edition of this wonderful tale of adventure and sel[...]
An indispensable source of advice and inspiration for aspiring writers, this anthology features observations on the craft of creating fiction, by classic and contemporary authors. A literary feast of artistic practices and philosophies, its absorbing essays offer a vast array of personal reflections[...]
"Familiarity breeds contempt--and children." "It takes a heap of sense to write good nonsense." "Never tell a lie--except for practice."
This attractive gift edition of the renowned American humorist's epigrams and witticisms features hundreds of eminently quotable quips. Discover Twain's views [...]
Although best known for his novels, Mark Twain was a prolific writer of short stories, many of which involved elements of science fiction--and this compilation highlights his finest works of speculative fiction. Twain applies his wit and imagination to the spinning of tales about mental telepathy, i[...]
The text of this new scholarly edition of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is the first ever to be based on Mark Twain's complete, original manuscript - including its first 665 pages, which had been lost for over a hundred years when they turned up in 1990 in a Los Angeles attic. The text has been t[...]