Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Mark Twain, who was born Samuel L. Clemens in Missouri in , wrote some of the most enduring works of literature in.
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Selected works of humour and criticism by a revered American master. Beloved by millions, Mark Twain is the quintessential American writer. More than anyone else, his blend of scepticism, caustic wit and sharp prose defines a certain American mythos. While his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is still taught to anyone who attends school and is considered by many to Selected works of humour and criticism by a revered American master.
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While his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is still taught to anyone 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: 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. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Great Short Works , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. A lot of great stuff here; I especially loved "Old Times on the Mississippi," which shored up my recent ambition to become a riverboat pilot first inspired by John McPhee's riverboating piece in The New Yorker.
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Then on the subway I discovered th A lot of great stuff here; I especially loved "Old Times on the Mississippi," which shored up my recent ambition to become a riverboat pilot first inspired by John McPhee's riverboating piece in The New Yorker. Then on the subway I discovered that I'm a laugh-out-loud sucker for a glass eye joke. But there I am. And there are all the funny layers of "The Story of a Speech," though I think he got me with the first Longfellow joke. I'm all for pondering that kind of stuff, and I admire his sternness with regard to human frailty, but it was a shame that in his morality stories he often suppressed his humor and style in favor of a prosy, even grossly sentimental mode.
He could not always work up to his own standards, "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses" notwithstanding. And sometimes he failed even his own moral imperatives: Reason 1 why lynching is wrong? The notoriety attached to lynchings will encourage addled, attention-starved black men to go around raping and murdering more white women. Cringe cringe cringe, even while Twain goes on to uphold the rule of law, mourn for the families of lynched men, and decry the cowardice, ignorance, and urges toward conformity that turn white men into lynch mobs.
And cringe cringe cringe all through his anti-war, anti-imperialist, and anti-missionary polemics--all, ultimately, leaning more toward the side of the angels, but, my God, if they don't all show their own traces of corn-pone opining! I suppose, though, that these contradictions in his writing and thought, the same kind as those that appear in Huck Finn , not only are inextricably tied up with, but also underscore the importance of what Twain achieved at his very best.
His nonfiction may drag a little, but his wit and humor is unmatched. He has philosophies that are still very relevant today, and in this edition there is the best story about Satan I have ever read.
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If this rating was just on that story, it would be 6 stars out of five, as it is the best novella I have ever read. Nov 11, CLAW rated it liked it. I can't remember the title, but this I carried around with me all of May 17, Michelle Johnson rated it really liked it Shelves: Aug 07, Pascale rated it really liked it. I had never read Mark Twain until I finally pulled this old yard sale paperback down from my bookshelves.
Many stories, some of them true, most of them fabricated, but all infused with humor. Apr 28, Sherry rated it really liked it. I love Mark Twain! Not every story will be forever remembered, but even the shorts I was less fond of where so well written I enjoyed the word play. Cooper requires him to turn out and find a dry twig; and if he can't do it, go and borrow one.
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