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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist.He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature."
The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories is an 1893 collection of short stories by American writer Mark Twain ... book at Project Gutenberg ...
Mark Twain (1916). The Mysterious Stranger; A Romance by Mark Twain with illustrations by N.C. Wyeth. University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center (recreation of Harper & Brothers). Mark Twain. The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories by Mark Twain at Project Gutenberg; The Mysterious Stranger public domain audiobook at LibriVox
Pudd'nhead Wilson is a novel by American writer Mark Twain published on 28 November 1894. Its central intrigue revolves around two boys—one, born into slavery, with 1/32 black ancestry; the other, white, born to be the master of the house. The two boys, who look similar, are switched at infancy.
Chapters from My Autobiography are 25 pieces of autobiographical work published by American author Mark Twain in the North American Review between September 1906 and December 1907. Rather than following the standard form of an autobiography, they comprise a rambling collection of anecdotes and ruminations.
Sketches New and Old is a collection of short stories by Mark Twain. It was published in 1875. All the stories are fictional except for "The Case of George Fisher." It includes the short story "A Ghost Story", among others.
The 1983 comedy film, Trading Places, features elements from both the short story and Twain's novel, The Prince and the Pauper The 1994 comedy A Million to Juan starring Paul Rodriguez The 2011 BBC Radio 4 adaptation The Million Pound Bank Note , starred Trevor White as Henry Adams
Twain circa 1906. The majority of the Autobiography was composed during this time period.. The Autobiography of Mark Twain is a written collection of reminiscences, the majority of which were dictated during the last few years of the life of American author Mark Twain (1835–1910) and left in typescript and manuscript at his death.