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The classic, partly fictional travelogue through late-nineteenth-century Europe by the great American satirist and author of Innocents Abroad.
Based on true events-embellished with fictional tales and a made-up travel partner-Mark Twain's A Tramp Abroad chronicles his meandering journey through Germany, the French and Swiss Alps, and Northern Italy. Attempting to make the trip by foot, Twain ventures down the Neckar river by raft, ascends Mont Blanc...
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In the heart of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the Mississippi River stands as both a physical and metaphorical conduit for the protagonist's odyssey. Fleeing his abusive father and the societal constraints that seek to "sivilize" him, young Huckleberry Finn finds solace on the riverbanks, a sanctuary that beckons him toward self-discovery and freedom. On Jackson Island, Huck's solitude is shattered when he encounters Jim, a runaway...
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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...
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Mark Twain's legendary insight and wit shine throughout this new selection of his writings, the first to focus on California. As a young man, the celebrated author of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and other classics spent the mid-1860s in California. In this collection of essays, newspaper articles, fiction, speeches, and letters, Twain presents his notoriously unconventional views on a state booming in the wake of the gold rush. His wry humor and...
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Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Complete Novels of Mark Twain - 12 Books in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)".
Contents:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Gilded Age
The Prince and the Pauper
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The American Claimant
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Tom Sawyer, Detective
A Horse's Tale
The Mysterious...
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Der große amerikanische Schriftsteller ist vor allem für seine Kinderbücher berühmt. Doch gerade auch in seiner kurzen Prosa offenbart sich sein ganzes Können. Eine Auswahl heiterer Meistererzählungen als Hörbuch: Aurelias unglücklicher Brätigam - Ein geheimnisvoller Besuch - Erfahrungen der Familie McWilliams mit der Rachendiphterie - Die Geschichte des Hausierers - Mrs McWilliams beim Gewitter.
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Huckleberry Finn el muchacho que pudo surgir de Mark Twain.
Los navegantes de los ríos del sur de los Estados Unidos gritaban Mark Twain para indicar que había suficiente profundidad para que sus barcos no encallaran. Mark Twain fue el seudónimo escogido por Samuel Langhorne Clemen para sus cuentos y novelas que retratan con un humor único la vida rural de fines del siglo XIX. El autor fue marinero de rio, periodista y panfletista que con un estilo...
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Mark Twain fragt: War William Shakespeare wirklich der Dichter, für den wir ihn halten?
Ein Dichter ohne Bücher? Ein Autor, der nicht einen Brief schrieb? Ein gefeierter Dramatiker und Schauspieler, an den sich kurz nach seinem Tod schon niemand mehr erinnert? Das Leben eines gewissen William Shakespeare aus dem englischen Provinzort Stratford upon Avon gab dem amerikanischen Literaten und scharfzüngigen Beobachter Mark Twain zu denken. Er besah...
10) Tom Sawyer
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Tom Sawyer est publié en 1876 et remporte un succès immédiat. Son auteur, Mark Twain vient du sud des États-Unis, et c'est dans ce contexte régional et culturel qu'il situe les histoires de deux jeunes amis, Tom Sawyer et Huckleberry Finn, témoins malgré eux d'un meurtre ! Sur les bords du Mississipi, les deux garçons vont apprendre le courage et l'amitié.
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Chafed by the "sivilized" restrictions of his foster home, and weary of his drunkard father's brutality, 14 year-old Huck Finn fakes his own death and sets off on a raft down the Mississippi River. He is soon joined by Jim, an escaped slave. Together, they experience a series of rollicking adventures that have amused readers, young and old, for over a century. The fugitives become close friends as they weather storms together aboard the raft and spend...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a novel about a young boy growing up in the fictional small town of Hannibal, Missouri along the Mississippi River during the 1840s. Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. Life for Tom is a series of grand adventures that include his best friend "Huck" Finn, the love of his life Becky Thatcher, buried treasures, scoundrels, thieves and body snatchers. Manga Classics brings a brilliant...
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Con su estilo sencillo, directo, ácido e irreverente, Mark Twain nos da una divertida a la vez que placentera e ingeniosa versión sobre los habitantes del Paraíso Terrenal. Intenta penetrar en la mente de los que presuntamente fueron nuestros primeros padres y nos hace verlos en su ingenuidad, en su mirada de descubrimiento de todo lo que les rodea, incluyéndose a ellos mismos (el "experimento semejante a un reptil" que mira Eva y "la nueva criatura...
14) Quick Classics Collection: Travel: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Three Men in a Boat; Robinson Cr
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Moving from a long hot summer in Mississippi to the rivers of London, and beyond to a remote tropical desert island, this collection of fictional travel writing contains some of the most famous novels from the 18th and 19th century and includes Bing Crosby's superb reading of Mark Twain's classic coming of age tale. These classic stories are read by singer, comedian, and actor Bing Crosby; president of the Jerome K. Jerome Society, Jeremy Nicholas;...
15) James: a novel
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"From Percival Everett--a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards--comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...
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An American classic becomes a modern adventure
In this retelling of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tim DeRoche dares to imagine that Huck Finn is alive today. Chased by his vengeful and psychotic father, Pap, Huck escapes down the concrete gash that is the Los Angeles River with his friend Miguel, an illegal immigrant who has been falsely accused of murder. Riding the dangerous waters of a rainstorm, the two fugitives meet a strange...
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This unique collection contains:
Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum)
Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford)
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf)
Christmas in the Olden Time (Walter Scott)
Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling)
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Silent Night
Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred...
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This edition includes the most beloved Christmas novels, tales and carols: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford) The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) Christmas in the Olden Time (Walter Scott) Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling) The Twelve Days of Christmas Silent...
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This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features old-fashioned works from classic authors who invite you to a feast of holiday nostalgia.
Filled with stories that have been part of the Christmas season for generations, A Vintage Christmas is a unique collection of lesser-known Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for the reader in your life. This beautiful treasury will...