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Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Short stories by Mark Twain" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his decades long cosmic journey to Heaven; his accidental misplacement after racing a comet; his short-lived interest in singing and playing the harp (generated by his preconceptions of heaven); and the general obsession of souls with the celebrities of Heaven such as Adam, Moses, and Elijah, who according to Twain become as distant to most people ...
In September 1906, Harper and Brothers created another collection of previously published short stories and essays by Mark Twain. They compiled two separate versions of this collection: a trade print issued in red cloth binding with gold cornstalks and an ongoing series for subscription book buyers who had first purchased their sets from American Publishing Company in 1899.
"The Invalid's Story" "Luck" "The Captain's Story" "A Curious Experience" "Mrs. Mc Williams and the Lightning" "Meisterschaft" The contents of Merry Tales, except "The Captain's Story", were reprinted as a section titled "Merry Tales" in The American Claimant and Other Stories and Sketches. [2]
"The Story of the Bad Little Boy" is a short story written by American author Mark Twain, originally published in 1865, in The Californian. [1] The story follows the life of Jim, the titular "bad little boy," who avoids consequences for his immoral behavior. [1] It satirizes moralistic children's tales that were prevalent during the 19th ...
"The Curious Republic of Gondour" is a short story by Mark Twain, fist published in the October 1875 issue of the Atlantic Monthly.. Written in the first person, it relates a visit by the unnamed narrator to a state in which all citizens are guaranteed at least one vote, but where additional votes may be acquired on the basis of personal merit.
"A Dog's Tale" is a short story written by Mark Twain. It first appeared in the December 1903 issue of Harper's Magazine. In January of the following year it was extracted into a stand-alone pamphlet published for the National Anti-Vivisection Society. Still later in 1904 it was expanded into a book published by Harper & Brothers.
A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880.The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe.