The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain

Description

This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation also includes darker works written in the author’s twilight years. These selections illuminate the depth of Twain’s artistry, humor, irony, and narrative genius.
Binding Type: Paperback
Contributors: Mark Twain,Lawrence Berkove (Editor),Pete Hamill (Introduction by)
Published: 04/13/2004
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)
ISBN: 9780812971187
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 0.84″ H x 7.98″ L x 5.24″ W

About the Author
LAWRRENCE I. BERKOVE, this volume’s editor, is a professor of English at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a noted authority on Mark Twain. He has published groundbreaking essays on Twain’s major novels, short fiction, travel literature, and religious values.

PETE HAMILL, this volume’s introducer, is a journalist, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer, and the author of A Drinking Life: A Memoir and Why Sinatra Matters. His ten novels include Snow in August and Forever. He lives in New York City.