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Description edit
More than 60 stories from an American genius This richly entertaining and comprehensive collection presents sixty-six of the very best of Mark Twain's short pieces. Compiled by Pulitzer Prize-winning Twain scholar and biographer Justin Kaplan.
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Characters/People edit
- Mary: Add a description of this character.
- Mortimer
- Sally
- George
- Sandy
- Edward
- Dorcas
- Richards
- Rosannah
- Goodson
- Mrs. Mcwilliams
- Cathy
- Henry
- Jimmy
- Aleck
- Wilson
- Ferguson
- Smiley
- Parrish
- Thompson
- Stormfield
- Adam
- Marse Tom
- Smith
- Billson
- Backus
- Mr. Brown
- Flint Buckner
- Tommy
- Hester
- Susan
- Mr. Burgess
- Harris
- Noakes
- Wicklow
- Conrad
- Archy
- Bowers
- Carl
- Adler
- Hannah
- Ned
- Kruger
- Helen
- Sherlock Holmes
Setting & Locations edit
- Heaven
- America
- New York
- New London
- San Francisco
- Hadleyburg
- Tennessee
- Providence
- Spain
- Connecticut
- California
- Tilbury
- New Jersey
- United States
- Denver
- Alonzo
- Missouri
- Oregon
- Paris
- New England
- Virginia
- Mexico
- Memphis
- France
- Rome
- St. Louis
- Siberia
- Eastport
- Kalula
- Russia
- Klugenstein
- Europe
- Maine
- Kentucky
- Zurich
- Louisiana
- Hartford
- Jupiter
First Sentence edit
In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler, and inquired after my friend's friend, Leonidas W. Smiley, as requested to do, and I hereunto append the result.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mark Twain (Author)
- Justin Kaplan
First Edition edit
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Publication Date: 1985
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Publication Date: 1985
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- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics › Twain, Mark
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( T ) › Twain, Mark
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › 19th Century
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories
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