A stirring account of America's vanished past... The book that earned Mark Twain his first recognition as a serious writer... Discover the magic of life on the Mississippi. At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Mark Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous …
The Innocents Abroad is one of the most prominent and influential travel books ever written about Europe and the Holy Land. In it, the collision of the American “New Barbarians” and the European “Old World” provides much comic fodder for Mark Twain—and a remarkably perceptive lens on the human condition. Gleefully …
At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson a young slave woman, fearing for her infant's son's life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master's. From this rather simple premise Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny, yet biting novels. On its surface, Pudd'nhead Wilson possesses all the elements …
Originally written for children and first published in 1881, Twain's delightful satire of England's past will amuse listeners young and old alike. The Prince and the Pauper relates the hilarious adventures of Tom Canty, a ragged street urchin who bears a striking resemblance to Edward VI, son of Henry VIII. Longing to …
Along with Blake and Dickens, Mark Twain was one of the nineteenth century’s greatest chroniclers of childhood. These two novels reveal different aspects of his genius: Tom Sawyer is a much-loved story about the sheer pleasure of being a boy; Huckleberry Finn, the book Hemingway said was the source of all the American …
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" is Mark Twain's classic tale of Hank Morgan, a resident of 19th century Hartford Connecticut who is inexplicably transported to the early medieval England of King Arthur. A classic satire, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" pokes fun at the romanticized notions …
Pengembaraan Tom Sawyer karya Mark Twain ialah sebuah novel tahun 1876 tentang seorang budak lelaki yang membesar di sekitar Sungai Mississippi. Cerita ini diletakkan dalam sebuah bandar rekaan, St. Petersburg, yang dilhamkan oleh bandar Hannibal, Missouri, tempat tinggal Twain.
Pengembaraan Huckleberry Finn ialah sebuah novel bahasa Inggeris oleh Mark Twain, yang pertama kali diterbitkan di United Kingdom dalam bulan Disember 1884 dan di Amerika Syarikat dalam bulan Februari 1885. Karya ini, yang sering dimasukkan ke dalam senarai Novel Amerika Agung, merupakan satu daripada karya besar …