Mark Twains erster großer Publikumserfolg war kein Roman, sondern sein Reisebericht über «Die Arglosen im Ausland». 1867 bereiste er mit einer Gruppe amerikanischer «Pauschaltouristen» Europa. Twain ist über die kulturelle Zurückgebliebenheit des alten Kontinents entsetzt. Voll Bosheit, Ironie und Spöttelei berichtet er aus Paris über fehlende Seife, lebensbedrohliche Rasuren und skandalöse Tanzdarbietungen. Ihr privater Stadtführer, Monsieur Billfinger, hat stets großen Hunger und scheint in...
This is the <i>only</i> authoritative text of this late novel. It reproduces the manuscript which Mark Twain wrote last, and the only one he finished or called the «The Mysterious Stranger.» Albert Bigelow Paine's edition of the same name has been shown to be a textual fraud.
Este ebook presenta «Obras selectas de Mark Twain» con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Tabla de contenidos: Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer El príncipe y el mendigo Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn Un yanqui en la corte del Rey Arturo Mark Twain (1835 – 1910), fue un periodista, escritor y humorista estadounidense. Llamado por William Faulkner «el padre de la literatura americana», Twain escribió más de 500 obras, comenzando su carrera como tipógrafo, y viajando de una ciudad a otra y de imprenta...
This carefully crafted ebook: "On Masturbation: «Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. One evening in Paris in 1879, The Stomach Club, a society of American writers and artists, gathered to drink well, to eat a good dinner and hear an address by Mark Twain. He was among friends and, according to the custom of the club, he delivered a humorous talk on a subject hardly ever mentioned in public in that day and age....
"On the Decay of the Art of Lying" by Mark Twain. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...
A work that Mark Twain himself considered his last finished and most important novel, «The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc», is a departure from Twain's usual comic and satirical spirit. «Joan» is a work of serious historical reflection that suggests that the English deliberately rigged the trial of Joan of Arc to convict her of witchcraft and heresy, a view that recent scholarship seems to support.
Regarded by many as the most luminous example of Mark Twain's work, this fictional biography of Joan of Arc was purportedly written by Joan's page and secretary — Sieur Louis de Conté. (Twain's alter ego even shared the author's same initials — S. L. C.) Told from the viewpoint of this lifelong friend, the historical novel is a panorama of stirring scenes and marvel of pageantry — from Joan's early childhood in Domremy and her...
First appearing as an anonymous serial in «Harper’s Magazine» in 1895, “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc” was Mark Twain’s final novel and was published as a complete work under his name in 1896. The novel is a stark departure from Twain’s usual comic and satirical writings, which is why Twain insisted it initially be published anonymously so that the public would take it seriously. The work is told from the perspective of a fictionalized version of Joan’s page, Louis de Conte, and is...
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc is a historical novel presented as a translation of memoirs by Louis de Conte, a fictionalized version of Louis de Contes, Joan of Arc's page. The story is divided into three sections according to Joan of Arc's development: a youth in Domrémy, a commander of the army of Charles VII of France, and a defendant at trial in Rouen. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist,...
"Plus fort que Sherlock Holmès", de Mark Twain, traduit par François de Gaïl. Publié par Good Press. Good Press publie un large éventail d'ouvrages, où sont inclus tous les genres littéraires. Les choix éditoriaux des éditions Good Press ne se limitent pas aux grands classiques, à la fiction et à la non-fiction littéraire. Ils englobent également les trésors, oubliés ou à découvrir, de la littérature mondiale. Nous publions les livres qu'il faut avoir lu. Chaque ouvrage publié par...
Twain Mark, właściwie Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), pisarz amerykański. Samouk, wędrowny drukarz, pilot na Missisipi, poszukiwacz złota w Nevadzie, wreszcie dziennikarz. Odbył wiele podróży po Ameryce i kilkakrotnie odwiedził Europę, wyśmiewając dumę i wyrafinowanie kulturalne mieszkańców Starego Świata. Popularność jako pisarz zyskał z chwilą opublikowania humoreski O sławnej skaczącej żabie z Calaveras (1865).