Mark Twain's Library of Humour: Modern Library

Author: Twain Mark,Steve Martin,Mark Twain,E.W Kemble
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Category: Prose: Non-fiction, Literary Essays, Literary Studies: General, Funny Books & Stories, Parodies & Spoofs
Age Group: 15+
Book Format: Hardcover

Beginning with the piece that made Mark Twain famous--The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County--and ending with his fanciful How I Edited an Agricultural Paper, this treasure trove of an anthology, an abridgment of the 1888 original, collects twenty of Twain's own pieces, in addition to tall tales, fables, and satires by forty-three of Twain's contemporaries, including Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ambrose Bierce, William Dean Howells, Joel Chandler Harris, Artemus Ward, and Bret Harte.

About Washington Irving
Mark Twain (1835-1910) was born Samuel Clemens in Missouri. As a boy, he worked as a printer and a Mississippi River pilot. A leading literary influence in his own time and ever since, he is the author of many classics, including Roughing It, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

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SKU BK-9780679640363
Barcode # 9780679640363
Brand Random House USA Inc
Artist / Author Twain Mark, Steve Martin, Mark Twain, E.W Kemble
Shipping Weight 0.5600kg
Shipping Width 0.140m
Shipping Height 0.030m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 20.300m
Assembled Height 3.000m
Assembled Width 14.000m
Type Hardcover

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