Mark Twain

"A collection of all 136 humorous sketches and tales that ... Mark Twain wrote as a young reporter for various newspapers and magazines and later saw fit to issue in book form ... More unvarnished than his short stories or novels, and more willing to indulge in fun for its own sake.

"My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me, I do not know these nice distinctions myself ..." A funny, sweet short story by the incomparable Mark Twain. The story's contents are so informing that it is a must for all students. Mark Twain is a true literary genius whose humor and wit has stood the test of time for over one-hundred years.

In 1873, Mark Twain wrote, with the collaboration of Charles Dudley Warner, his first novel, The Gilded Age. It was Twain who created the basic plot and characterization, and Twain who wrote major portions of the book - which he later clearly identified as his own. Despite its being a best seller in its day, the book has received little attention in recent years, and one of Twain's most memorable characters has been almost forgotten. Now, by using...