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Upon the border of a remote and out-of-the-way village in south-western Missouri lived an old farmer named John Gray...

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Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award Just what did boys do in a small town during the mid-1800s, a time when there were no televisions, no arcades, and no videos? They whitewashed fences, floated down rivers, traded marbles, formed secret societies, smoked pipes, and, on occasion, managed to attend their own funerals. Yes, they may have been a bit mischievous, but as Aunt Polly said of Tom when she believed him to be dead, He was the best-h...

Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award Huck Finn is an orphaned drifter who loves freedom more than respectability. He isnt above lying and stealing, but he faces a battle with his conscience when he meets up with a runaway slave named Jim, who provides him with his first experiences of love, acceptance, and a sense of responsibility. The title character of this famous novel tells his own story in a straightforward narrative laced with shrewd...

Letters from the Earth is a collection of short stories written during a downtrodden period in Twains life and published posthumously. Here we see Twain on a somewhat personal level. Penniless and having just lost his wife and one of his children, Twain turns to writing about God, Christianity, and the many curious natures of man. This collection was so controversial that his daughter prohibited its publication until 52 years after his death.

Large print edition, with easy-to-read text, of Twain's classic work.

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In dieser Auswahl der besten Mark Twain Kurzgeschichten zeigt der Altmeister immer wieder, dass der Wilde Westen abseits aller Klischees auch eine sehr komische Seite hat. Twain, der als "Vater der amerikanischen Literatur" bezeichnet wird, erzählt hier über Greenhorns und Aufschneider, Leichenbestatter und Kannibalismus. Er erklärt, wie man eine Erkältung kuriert und warum Lügen eine Kunst ist und fällt in seinem berühmten Aufsatz ein vernich...

The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American ReadA consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a "rich boy." Yet through the novel's humorous escapades-from the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun Joe-Mark Twain explores the de...

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Who could read the programme for the excursion without longing to make one of the party? So Mark Twain acclaims his voyage from New York City to Europe and the Holy Land in June 1867. His adventures produced The Innocents Abroad, a book so funny and provocative it made him an international star for the rest of his life. He was making his first responses to the Old Worldto Paris, Milan, Florence, Venice, Pompeii, Constantinople, Sebastopol, Bal...

In April 1878, Mark Twain and his family traveled to Europe. Twain had hoped that the sojourn would spark his creativity enough to bring at least one of the books in his head to fruition. Instead, he wrote of his walking tour of Europe, describing his impressions of the Black Forest, the Matterhorn, and other attractions. A Tramp Abroad sparkles with Twains shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture and showcases ...

A brilliant amalgam of remembrance and reportage, by turns satiric, celebratory, nostalgic, and melancholy, Life on the Mississippi evokes the great river that Mark Twain knew as a boy and young man and the one he revisited as a mature and successful author. Written between the publication of his two greatest novels, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Twains rich portrait of the Mississippi marks a distinctive transition in the life of the river...

Twain's last novel took twelve years to finish and is unlike anything else he wrote. This dark story, set in medieval Austria, hinges on unearthly, and hidden mental powers. It also gives an insight to the Author's psyche, during his final days.

The irrepressible Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, always looking for trouble, find it again when they go to see the unveiling of a futuristic airshiponly to be kidnapped by its mad inventor. Now they are headed out over a stormy ocean toward the perils of the Sahara in their very own Arabian adventure.

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Der Waisenjunge Tom Sawyer ist ein Lausbub, der alle zur Verzweiflung treibt: Er schwänzt die Schule, prügelt sich gern und treibt sich mit seinem besten Freund Huckleberry Finn immer an den falschen Orten herum. Eines Tages beschließen sie, Piraten zu werden, und verstecken sich tagelang auf einer nahe gelegenen Insel am Mississippi. Als die beiden Vermissten nach erfolgloser Suche für tot erklärt werden, nehmen Tom und Finn aus Spaß an ihrer...

Da seine Mutter tot und sein Vater ein Trunkenbold ist, wohnt Huckleberry Finn bei der Witwe Douglas. Doch die macht ihm das Leben ganz schön schwer. Also beschließt Huck, Reißaus zu nehmen und sich auf Abenteuerfahrt zu begeben. Unterwegs trifft er auf den schwarzen Sklaven Jim, der ebenfalls auf der Flucht ist, weil er an einen Plantagenbesitzer verkauft werden soll. Zusammen bauen sie ein Floß und lassen sich den Mississippi hinuntertreiben...

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