Mark Twain

  • Mark Twain: A Short Introduction
    By Stephen Railton

    This book introduces Mark Twain through close readings of his seven major works, including Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Connecticut Yankee and Pudd’nhead Wilson.

  • Mark Twain
    By Mark Twain

    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.

  • Mark Twain: His Life in Virginia City, Nevada
    By George Williams

    This is the account of Mark Twain's early mining days and the beginning of his long literary career.

  • Mark Twain
    By Archibald Henderson

    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...

  • Mark Twain: The Curious Case of Colonel Sellers
    By Mark Twain, K. B. Shaw

    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.

  • Mark Twain
    By 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 writer who produced mature and developed literature.

  • Mark Twain
    By Ian Malcolm Walker

    Mark Twain

  • Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1
    By Albert Paine

    Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1

  • Mark Twain: A Literary Life
    By P. Messeat

    Mark Twain: A Literary Life

  • Mark Twain: A Biography; The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens;
    By Albert Bigelow Paine

    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.

  • Mark Twain
    By Harold Bloom

    Provides a biography of Mark Twain along with critical views of his works.

  • Mark Twain: The Critical Heritage
    By Frederick Anderson

    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
    By Will M. Clemens

    Mark Twain: His Life and Work, a Biographical Sketch

  • Mark Twain: His Life and Work, a Biographical Sketch (Classic Reprint)
    By Will M. Clemens

    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...

  • Mark Twain: A Life
    By Ron Powers

    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 ...

  • Mark Twain: Preacher, Prophet, and Social Philosopher
    By Gary Scott Smith

    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.

  • Mark Twain: A Christian Response to His Battle With God
    By Ray Comfort

    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.

  • Mark Twain
    By Larzer Ziff

    Part of the Lives and Legacies series, this volume is a marvelous, compact introduction to the life and legacy of Mark Twain.

  • Mark Twain: A Biography
    By Albert Bigelow Paine

    The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into classic Greek.