Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer Abroad is a novel by Mark Twain published in 1894. It features Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in a parody of adventure stories like those of Jules Verne.

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". In it, the narrator retells …

Seguendo l'Equatore è un diario di viaggio dello scrittore statunitense Mark Twain. Nel 1894, Twain si trovava sull'orlo della bancarotta a causa di un investimento fallimentare su una macchina tipografica "rivoluzionaria". Nel tentativo di far fronte a un debito di circa 100.000 dollari, Twain intraprese nel 1895 un …

"A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage" is a short story written by Mark Twain in 1876. It was published in a very small, unauthorized edition in 1945, with an authorized edition not appearing until 2001. Initially Twain proposed to William Dean Howells that they entice twelve authors, including himself, to each write a …

"The War Prayer," a short story or prose poem by Mark Twain, is a scathing indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic and religious fervor as motivations for war. The structure of the work is simple: An unnamed country goes to war, and patriotic citizens attend a church service for soldiers who have been …

The Mysterious Stranger is the final novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it periodically from 1897 through 1908. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the "damned human race". Twain wrote multiple versions of the story; each is …

Le avventure di Huckleberry Finn è un romanzo picaresco dello scrittore statunitense Mark Twain pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1884; costituisce il seguito ideale del precedente Le avventure di Tom Sawyer. Il narratore in prima persona è un ragazzino orfano, che ad un certo punto decide di fuggire dalla …