Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain and Emory Elliott (ed.)
You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, but that ain’t no matter. So begins, in characteristic fashion, one of the greatest ...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain and Peter Stoneley (ed.)
‘Tom was a glittering hero once more – the pet of the old, and the envy of the young…There were some that believed he would be President yet, if he escaped hanging.’ In this enduring and ...
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain, M. Thomas Inge (ed.), and Daniel Carter Beard
When A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur’s Court was published in 1889, Mark Twain was undergoing a series of personal and professional crises. Thus what began as a literary burlesque of ...
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott and Valerie Alderson (ed.)
Little Women has remained enduringly popular since its publication in 1868, becoming the inspiration for a whole genre of family stories. Set in a small New England community, it tells of ...
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Pudd'nhead Wilson and Other Tales
Mark Twain and R. D. Gooder (ed.)
Pudd‘nhead Wilson (1894) was Mark Twain‘s last serious work of fiction, and perhaps the only real novel that he ever produced. Written in a more sombre vein than his other Mississippi ...
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow, and Susan Wolstenholme (ed.)
‘The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick,’ said the Witch; ‘so you cannot miss it. When you get to Oz do not be afraid of him, but tell your story and ask him to help ...
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