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...A good candidate for 'the most under-appreciated work by Mark Twain' would be 'The Treaty With China,' which he published in the New York Tribune in 1868. This piece, which is an early statement of Twain's opposition to imperialism and which conveys his vision of how the U.S. ought...

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Excerpt: What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other Ess... ...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other Essays ... ...IN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Ma... ...ity’s Electronic Classics Series. Cover design: Jim Manis; Caricature of Mark T wain appearing in Life: 31 January 1907 Copyright © 1999 The Pennsy... ... 195 What Is Man and Other Essays 4 WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) WHAT IS MAN? I a. a. a. a. a. M... ...e Empress of Austria at Geneva, Septem ber 10, 1898, occurred during Mark Twain’ s Austrian residence. The news came to him at Kaltenleutgeben, a sum... ...ting eight feet, eight and a half, often nine, sometimes even quarter less twain—as _I_ be lieved; but always “no bottom,” as he said. I got the bes... ...still night the “Six—feet— scant!” that made me shudder, and the “M a r k— Twain!” that took the shud der away, and presently the darling “By the d e...

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...The Mysterious Stranger-A Romance- is the final novel attempted by Mark Twain. It was worked on periodically from roughly 1890 up until 1910. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the damned human race. (Wikipedia and John Greenm...

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...Tom Sawyer, Detective is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894). Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burlesque of the immensely popul...

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... The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ... The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ... electronic transmis sion, in any way. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim M... ...tronic transmis sion, in any way. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis,... ...adleybur Hadleybur Hadleybur Hadleybur Hadleyburg g g g g B B B B By y y y y Mark T Mark T Mark T Mark T Mark Twain wain wain wain wain IT WA S MANY... ...eybur Hadleyburg g g g g B B B B By y y y y Mark T Mark T Mark T Mark T Mark Twain wain wain wain wain IT WA S MANY YEARS AGO. Hadleyburg was the ... ... a great many individuals, but what he “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg” Mark Twain 3 wanted was a plan which would comprehend the entire town, a... ...eat many individuals, but what he “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg” Mark Twain 3 wanted was a plan which would comprehend the entire town, and no... ...s, then surrendered to curiosity, “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg” Mark Twain 4 and went back to the lamp and finished reading the paper: “I am ...

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...This short novel of Twain’s, from 1903, is told from the point of view of a loyal and beloved family pet. Themes of heroics, valor and heart-wrenching tenderness fill this work. The story is also filled with happy events as well as sad ones and ...

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...The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine: racing bugs during cla...

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...The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court, London, and Pri...

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...Also known simply as 1601, this is a humorously risque work by Mark Twain, first published anonymously in 1880, and finally acknowledged by the author in 1906. (Summary by John Greenman & Wikipedia)...

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...Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance, a short volume, published by Sheldon & Co., NY in 1871, is Mark Twain's third book. It consists of two stories - First Romance, which had originally appeared in The Ex...

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..., as well as to advance the technological and cultural status of the nation in which he finds himself. In the rather un-subtle sub-text of the story, Twain uses The Boss to express a surprisingly pragmatic and frequently contradictory philosophy. The Boss explores the relative merits of Democracy, and Monarchy, he expresses his views on the “Nature v. Nurture” debate, he f...

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... two children switched at infancy. A slave takes on the identity of master and heir while the rightful heir is condemned to live the life of a slave. Twain uses this vehicle to explore themes of nature vs. nurture, racial bigotry and moral relativism. The case of mistaken identity is a theme that Twain explored also in THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER; in THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEA...

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...Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of “Huck” Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer’s sidekick in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer...

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...1601, wrote Mark Twain, is a supposititious conversation which takes place in Queen Elizabeth's closet in that year, between the Queen, Ben Jonson, Beaumont, Sir Walter Raleigh, the Duchess of Bilgewater, and one or two others ... If the...

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...Originally published in 1873, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is the only novel Twain co-wrote (C.D. Warner was a good friend and neighbor of the Clemens family in Hartford, and the collaboration sprang from their wive's challenge and encouragement). The title, The Gilded Age became synonymous with graft...

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...In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates an entertaining adventure of Middle America in the 1800's - afloat on a raft on the Mississippi River. Huck escapes his civilized life when he arranges his own murder and turns back into the backwoods, down...