Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835—1910), more commonly known under the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, lecturer, publisher and entrepreneur most famous for his novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884). First published in 1897, Twain's travel book "Following the Equator - A Journey Around the World" chronicles his 1895 tour of the British Empire when he was 60 years old. Fundamentally...

This volume presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. Eschewing chronology and organization, Twain simply meanders from observation to anecdote and between past and present. There are reminiscences from his youth of landscapes, rural idylls, and Tom Sawyeresque japes; acid-etched profiles of friends and enemies, from his "fiendish" Florentine...

The latest in Hesperus's On series comes from master travel writer Mark Twain and concentrates on his journey through the Wild WestFrom 1861 to 1867, a young Mark Twain traveled through the Wild West. Following an abortive foray into a career as a Confederate Cavalry man he opted instead to head off on a stagecoach road trip with his brother Orion, who had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory. Twain sets out on an epic voyage from Missouri...

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are the embedment of young boys from a simpler time. Collected here in one omnibus edition are all four of the books in this series: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Tom Sawyer, Detective. Over five hundred pages of delightful adventures. Follow Huck and Tom as they solve mysteries and face danger without fear. Exciting and wonderfully humorous. Mark Twain was...

A generous selection of the humorist's best speeches includes his famous 70th birthday address, "Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims," and the perennial favorite, "Horrors of the German Language."

Have you ever wondered why a single river could shape a nation-and a storyteller forever? Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's unforgettable journey into the heart of 19th-century America. Before he became a celebrated author, Twain-then Samuel Clemens-was a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River, and this river would become the lifeblood of his writing. Blending memoir with rich historical commentary, Twain revisits the river years later...

Revered as one of America's greatest humorists and author of the "Great American Novel" (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), the words of Samuel Langhorne Clemens-more commonly known as Mark Twain-resonate as strongly today as they did when he wrote them more than a century ago. A close friend of Nikola Tesla and heralded by William Faulkner as "the father of American literature," Twain's wit, wisdom, and influence continues through the present day. Printer,...

'Rejoignez le malicieux Tom Sawyer alors qu'il se lance dans une série d'aventures effrénées le long des rives du Mississippi. Qu'il s'agisse de convaincre ses amis de blanchir une clture à sa place, d'être témoin d'un crime dans un cimetière ou de partir à la recherche d'un trésor enfoui, le monde de Tom est rempli d'audace, de malice enfantine et d'un charme intemporel. Portrait vivant de l'enfance dans l'Amérique du XIXe siècle, Les...

Partito nel 1861 per il Far West, insieme al fratello nominato Segretario del Territorio del Nevada, Twain vive un'avventura che racconterà in questo libro. Insieme un'Iliade e un'Odissea tra paesaggi stupefacenti, pistoleri, Mormoni, pony express, diligenze, fuorilegge, Indiani e resti di carovane, truffatori e mar-maglia, tutti affetti dalla febbre dell'argento. Mark Twain cercatore solitario, illuso, milionario per una settimana, per fame inizia...

These four timeless classics of American fiction explore the trials of growing up and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century American life. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Escaping society, Huckleberry Finn and a runaway slave named Jim take a log raft down the Mississippi River. Their adventures draw them closer together until Huck must make a fateful choice between Jim's freedom and his own salvation. One of the first major novels written in...