This book introduces Mark Twain through close readings of his seven major works, including Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Connecticut Yankee and Pudd’nhead Wilson.
This vintage book (first published in 1948) contains a short biography of Mark Twain, with a wonderful selection of humourous and often aphoristic quotations taken from his writings.
This is the account of Mark Twain's early mining days and the beginning of his long literary career.
Mark Twain, by Archibald Henderson, is a classic Mark Twain biography culled from the author's personal memories of Twain. My personal association with Mr. Clemens, comparatively brief though it was--an...
The history of Mark Twain's play, Colonel Sellers, is an intriguing story with more plot twists and turns than the play itself. "The Curious Case of Colonel Sellers" documents this tale of literary piracy and personal conflict.
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 writer who produced mature and developed literature.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1
Mark Twain: A Literary Life
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
Provides a biography of Mark Twain along with critical views of his works.
Mark Twain (1835-1910). Leading American writer. Writings include: The Prince and the Pauper, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Mark Twain: His Life and Work, a Biographical Sketch
Excerpt from Mark Twain: His Life and Work, a Biographical Sketch From the days of "Yankee Doodle" and the "Frogs of Windham," two gems of early American humor written in...
A Life Ron Powers. 23. American. Vandal. (October–December. 1868). Sam. broke the news of the lecture's title to Mother Fairbanks as gingerly as he could. As to her latest proposed outline, which even ... American Vandal (October–December ...
He analyzes Mark Twain's constantly changing views of Christianity, humanity, the afterlife, and other theological topics, thereby providing a window into the spiritual crisis of the Gilded Age.
Ray Comfort searches through volumes of Twain’s writings to develop a comprehensive answer to this profound writer of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and a man who suffered much.
Part of the Lives and Legacies series, this volume is a marvelous, compact introduction to the life and legacy of Mark Twain.
The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into classic Greek.