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Me miserable! which way shall I flie Infinite wrauth, and infinite despaire? Which way I flie is Hell; my self am Hell; And in the lowest deep a lower deep Still threatning to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heav'n. O then at last relent: is there no place Left for Repentance, none for Pardon left? None left but by submission; and that word Disdain forbids me, and my dread of shame Among the Spirits beneath, whom I seduc'd With other promises and other vaunts Then to submit, boasting I could subdue Th' Omnipotent. Ay me, they little know How dearly I abide that boast so vaine, Under what torments inwardly I groane: While they adore me on the Throne of Hell, With Diadem and Sceptre high advanc'd The lower still I fall, onely Supream In miserie; such joy Ambition findes. But say I could repent and could obtaine By Act of Grace my former state; how soon Would higth recall high thoughts, how soon unsay What feign'd submission swore: ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void. For never can true reconcilement grow Where wounds of deadly hate have peirc'd so deep: Which would but lead me to a worse relapse And heavier fall: so should I purchase deare Short intermission bought with double smart. This knows my punisher; therefore as farr From granting hee, as I from begging peace: All hope excluded thus, behold in stead Of us out-cast, exil'd, his new delight, Mankind created, and for him this World. So farewel Hope, and with Hope farewel Fear, Farewel Remorse: all Good to me is lost; Evil be thou my Good; by thee at least Divided Empire with Heav'ns King I hold By thee, and more then half perhaps will reigne; As Man ere long, and this new World shall know. --Milton, Paradise Lost Musical track titled "Horsehead Nebula" from Konstantinos (warped by me): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTLCuKhV_jA

The Founding Collection represents the cornerstone of the Whitney Museum's Art Reference Library. It originated with the personal collections of research material owned by the museum's founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and its first director, Juliana Force.

The Founding Collection represents the cornerstone of the Whitney Museum's Art Reference Library. It originated with the personal collections of research material owned by the museum's founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and its first director, Juliana Force.

The Founding Collection represents the cornerstone of the Whitney Museum's Art Reference Library. It originated with the personal collections of research material owned by the museum's founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and its first director, Juliana Force.

LibriVox recording of Henry More Smith: The Mysterious Stranger by Walter Bates. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Sometime in the month of July, 1812, nearly a hundred years ago now, a well dressed, smooth spoken man, less than thirty years of age, made his appearance at Windsor, Nova Scotia. The story as told in subsequent pages by Sheriff Bates is unique in criminal annals and is worthy of careful perusal. - Summary Adapted from the Preface For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (110MB)

LibriVox recording of Henry More Smith: The Mysterious Stranger by Walter Bates. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Sometime in the month of July, 1812, nearly a hundred years ago now, a well dressed, smooth spoken man, less than thirty years of age, made his appearance at Windsor, Nova Scotia. The story as told in subsequent pages by Sheriff Bates is unique in criminal annals and is worthy of careful perusal. - Summary Adapted from the Preface For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (110MB)

LibriVox recording of Henry More Smith: The Mysterious Stranger by Walter Bates. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Sometime in the month of July, 1812, nearly a hundred years ago now, a well dressed, smooth spoken man, less than thirty years of age, made his appearance at Windsor, Nova Scotia. The story as told in subsequent pages by Sheriff Bates is unique in criminal annals and is worthy of careful perusal. - Summary Adapted from the Preface For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (110MB)

LibriVox recording of Henry More Smith: The Mysterious Stranger by Walter Bates. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Sometime in the month of July, 1812, nearly a hundred years ago now, a well dressed, smooth spoken man, less than thirty years of age, made his appearance at Windsor, Nova Scotia. The story as told in subsequent pages by Sheriff Bates is unique in criminal annals and is worthy of careful perusal. - Summary Adapted from the Preface For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (110MB)

The Mysterious Stranger  A Romance  by Mark Twain    with illustrations by N. C. Wyeth    copyright 1916  ----  Please note that the language and terminology used in this book reflects the context and culture of the time of its creation, and may include culturally sensitive information. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology. The information within this book does not reflect the views of the library, archivist, digitizer, or anyone else affiliated with the digital archiving of this text, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

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219 pages ; 21 cm

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.3332 dc.contributor.author: Twain Mark dc.date.accessioned: 2015-06-19T14:15:12Z dc.date.available: 2015-06-19T14:15:12Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 2006-07-03 dc.date.citation: 1922 dc.identifier.barcode: 99999990165529 dc.identifier.origpath: /data1/upload/0020/232 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/3332 dc.description.scanningcentre: C-DAC, Noida dc.description.main: 1 dc.description.tagged: 0 dc.description.totalpages: 336 dc.format.mimetype: application/pdf dc.language.iso: English dc.publisher.digitalrepublisher: Digital Library Of India dc.publisher: Happer And Row Publishers, New York dc.rights: Not Available dc.source.library: Central Library, University Delhi dc.subject.classification: Language Linguistics Literature dc.title: The Mysterious Stranger And Other Stories

77 pages ; 26 cm

77 pages ; 26 cm

77 pages ; 26 cm

77 pages ; 26 cm

Pravo ime avtorja Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100)

Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman. The Mysterious Stranger-A Romance- is the final novel attempted by Mark Twain. It was worked on periodically from roughly 1890 up until 1910. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the "damned human race". The Harper & Brothers publication of the book is illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (104MB)

LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman. The Mysterious Stranger-A Romance- is the final novel attempted by Mark Twain. It was worked on periodically from roughly 1890 up until 1910. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the "damned human race". The Harper & Brothers publication of the book is illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (104MB)

LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman. The Mysterious Stranger-A Romance- is the final novel attempted by Mark Twain. It was worked on periodically from roughly 1890 up until 1910. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the "damned human race". The Harper & Brothers publication of the book is illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (104MB)

LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman. The Mysterious Stranger-A Romance- is the final novel attempted by Mark Twain. It was worked on periodically from roughly 1890 up until 1910. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the "damned human race". The Harper & Brothers publication of the book is illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (104MB)

LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman. The Mysterious Stranger-A Romance- is the final novel attempted by Mark Twain. It was worked on periodically from roughly 1890 up until 1910. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the "damned human race". The Harper & Brothers publication of the book is illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (104MB)

Source: West Bengal Public Library Network Source Identifier: handle/10689/10120 Field Value Lang dc.contributor.author Twain, Mark - dc.date.accessioned 2010-06-22T08:10:19Z - dc.date.available 2010-06-22T08:10:19Z - dc.date.issued 1922 - dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10689/10120 - dc.language.iso en en_US dc.publisher Harper and Brothers Publishers, London en_US dc.rights In Public Domain en_US dc.source UTTARPARA JAYKRISHNA PUBLIC LIBRARY, HOOGHLY en_US dc.subject ENGLISH FICTION en_US dc.subject ENGLISH LITERATURE en_US dc.title The Mysterious Stranger And Other Stories en_US dc.type Book en_US dc.scl.scanningcentre C-DAC, Kolkata en_US dc.scl.scanningnumber OS 5000 en_US dc.scl.digitalrepublisher DteLS en_US dc.scl.digitalpublicationdate 2006-07-04 - dc.scl.totalpages 346p. en_US dc.scl.Keywords A Horse’s Tale en_US dc.scl.Keywords My Platonic Sweetheart en_US dc.scl.Keywords A Fable en_US dc.scl.Keywords Hunting The Deceitful Turkey en_US

LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories, by Mark Twain. Read by Ted Delorme. Here's a Mark Twain story that's very unlike those he became famous for, but when I read it back in Catholic high school, it left a deep impression. It concerns the deeply religious residents of a small village in Austria during the late sixteenth century, and what happened to several of them when a strange man began to visit their insulated homeland. There's little of Twain's humor here; this is a horror story, a parable. . . and a warning. (Summary by Ted Delorme) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (126MB)

LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories, by Mark Twain. Read by Ted Delorme. Here's a Mark Twain story that's very unlike those he became famous for, but when I read it back in Catholic high school, it left a deep impression. It concerns the deeply religious residents of a small village in Austria during the late sixteenth century, and what happened to several of them when a strange man began to visit their insulated homeland. There's little of Twain's humor here; this is a horror story, a parable. . . and a warning. (Summary by Ted Delorme) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (126MB)

It is about three curious children who meet a mysterious floating mask who calls itself "Satan." It talks in a creepy foreboding voice and lures the children in by giving them fruit. It then gets them to build a town of people out of clay and then brings it to life and makes them a happy little society. But things soon go bad as they start hating each other due to the colour of clay their are made from and break into two groups and fight over the ownership of resources. Watch on RetroFlix:  https://retroflix.org/the-mysterious-stranger-1948/

It is about three curious children who meet a mysterious floating mask who calls itself "Satan." It talks in a creepy foreboding voice and lures the children in by giving them fruit. It then gets them to build a town of people out of clay and then brings it to life and makes them a happy little society. But things soon go bad as they start hating each other due to the colour of clay their are made from and break into two groups and fight over the ownership of resources. Watch on RetroFlix:  https://retroflix.org/the-mysterious-stranger-1948/

It is about three curious children who meet a mysterious floating mask who calls itself "Satan." It talks in a creepy foreboding voice and lures the children in by giving them fruit. It then gets them to build a town of people out of clay and then brings it to life and makes them a happy little society. But things soon go bad as they start hating each other due to the colour of clay their are made from and break into two groups and fight over the ownership of resources. Watch on RetroFlix:  https://retroflix.org/the-mysterious-stranger-1948/

It is about three curious children who meet a mysterious floating mask who calls itself "Satan." It talks in a creepy foreboding voice and lures the children in by giving them fruit. It then gets them to build a town of people out of clay and then brings it to life and makes them a happy little society. But things soon go bad as they start hating each other due to the colour of clay their are made from and break into two groups and fight over the ownership of resources. Watch on RetroFlix:  https://retroflix.org/the-mysterious-stranger-1948/

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Includes bibliographical references

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Mark Twain The Mysterious Stranger

Mark Twain The Mysterious Stranger

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Veronica; or, the mysterious stranger. A novel. In two volumes. By Lister. ... 1798: Volume 1 . Digitized from IA40310718-22 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_constantia-neville-or-_wells-helena_1800_3 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_veronica-or-the-myster_lister_1798_2 .

Veronica; or, the mysterious stranger. A novel. In two volumes. By Lister. ... 1798: Volume 1 . Digitized from IA40310718-22 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_constantia-neville-or-_wells-helena_1800_3 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_veronica-or-the-myster_lister_1798_2 .

Veronica; or, the mysterious stranger. A novel. In two volumes. By Lister. ... 1798: Volume 1 . Digitized from IA40310718-22 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_constantia-neville-or-_wells-helena_1800_3 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_veronica-or-the-myster_lister_1798_2 .

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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.235475 dc.contributor.author: Twain Mark dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-10T19:18:01Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-10T19:18:01Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 2006-07-03 dc.date.citation: 1922 dc.identifier.barcode: 99999990132647 dc.identifier.origpath: /rawdataupload1/upload/0131/309 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/235475 dc.description.scanningcentre: C-DAC, Noida dc.description.main: 1 dc.description.tagged: 0 dc.description.totalpages: 336 dc.format.mimetype: application/pdf dc.language.iso: English dc.publisher.digitalrepublisher: Digital Library Of India dc.publisher: Happer And Row Publishers, New York dc.rights: Not Available dc.source.library: Central Library, University Delhi dc.subject.classification: Language Linguistics Literature dc.title: The Mysterious Stranger And Other Stories

1Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By Mark Twain

<em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em> (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of “Huck” Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer’s sidekick in <em>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</em>), his friend Jim, and their journey down the Mississippi River on a raft. Both are on the run, Huck from his drunk and abusive father, and Jim as a runaway slave.<br><br>As Huck and Jim drift down the river, they meet many colorful characters and have many great adventures. The true heart of the story, however, is the friendship between Huck and Jim. A constant theme throughout the book is Huck’s internal struggle between what he has been taught, that helping a runaway slave is a sin, and what he truly believes, that Jim is a good man and it couldn’t possibly be wrong to help him.<br><br><em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em> was unique at the time of its publication (1884) because it is narrated by Huck himself and is written in the numerous dialects common in the area and time in which the book is set. Although the book was originally intended as a sequel to the children’s book <em>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</em>, as Twain wrote <em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em> it progressed into a more serious work. Twain’s views on slavery and other social issues of the time become clear through the words, thoughts, and actions of Huck Finn. The book has always been the subject of great controversy, and according to <a href="https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/decade1999" target="_blank">The American Library Association</a> it was fifth on the list of most frequently challenged books in the 1990s.<br>(Summary by Annie Coleman)

2Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

By Mark Twain

Come and hear the strange tale of The Boss Hank Morgan, a modern day (at the time of publication) Connecticut Yankee who inexplicably finds himself transported to the court of the legendary King Arthur (as the title of the book implies). Hank, or simply, The Boss, as he comes to be most frequently known, quickly uses his modern day knowledge and education to pass himself off as a great magician, to get himself out of all sorts of surprising, (and frequently amusing) situations, as well as to advance the technological and cultural status of the nation in which he finds himself.<br /><br />In the rather un-subtle sub-text of the story, Twain uses The Boss to express a surprisingly pragmatic and frequently contradictory philosophy. The Boss explores the relative merits of Democracy, and Monarchy, he expresses his views on the “Nature v. Nurture” debate, he frequently speaks forcefully against an established Church, but just as strongly advocates for religion and a variety of churches (just not a compulsory one) and he devotes at least one afternoon to introducing his companions to the concept of inflation. In a far more subtle, yet no less forceful manner, the Boss shares with the reader some views about taxation, slavery (both literal and wage slavery), trade unions, the origins of the German language, the nature of marriage, and probably most powerfully, death.<br /><br />It is a tall order for a relatively brief text, but Twain manages it all with surprising clarity. No one will agree fully with the Boss on all of these matters, and I would be surprised if Twain himself would. In fact the Boss’s views are so pragmatic, and often contradictory, the reader is left to wonder if Twain himself is alternately speaking through the Boss, and setting him up as a straw man. Either way it is a delightful story and a great piece of American Literature, to say nothing of an excellent argument for education. <br /> (Review written by Steve Andersen)

3Chapters from my Autobiography

By Mark Twain

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of these Chapters from my Autobiography. He originally planned to have his memoirs published only after his death but realized, once he’d passed his 70th year, that a lot of the material might be OK to publish before his departure. These chapters were published in serial form in the North American Review during 1906-1907. While much of the material consists of stories about the people, places and incidents of his long life, there are also several sections from his daughter, which he calls “Susy’s biography of me”. (Summary by John Greenman)

4Eve’s Diary

By Mark Twain

Eve’s Diary is a humorous monologue about Eve’s experiences at the dawn of creation. She is fascinated by every aspect of the new world around her and… Adam! The following is an extract from Adam:<br /><br /> “She is all interest, eagerness, vivacity, the world is to her a charm, a wonder, a mystery, a joy; she can’t speak for delight when she finds a new flower, she must pet it and caress it and smell it and talk to it…. And she is color-mad: brown rocks, yellow sand, gray moss, green foliage, blue sky…none of them is of any practical value, so far as I can see, but because they have color and majesty, that is enough for her, and she loses her mind over them…. If there is anything on the planet that she is not interested in, it is not in my list.”<br /> (Summary by Esther Lockwood)

5Prince and the Pauper

By Mark Twain

The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court, London, and Prince Edward son of Henry VIII of England. Due to a series of circumstances, the boys accidentally replace each other, and much of the humor in the book originates in the two boys' inability to function in the world that is so familiar to the other (although Tom soon displays considerable wisdom in his decisions). In many ways, the book is a social satire, particularly compelling in its condemnation of the inequality that existed between the classes in Tudor England. In that sense, Twain abandoned the wry Midwestern style for which he was best known and adopts a style reminiscent of Charles Dickens. (Summary from Wikipedia.org)

6Stolen White Elephant

By Mark Twain

In this Mark Twain short story an Indian elephant, en route from India to Britain as a gift to Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local police department goes into high gear to solve the mystery but it all comes to a tragic end.<br /> (Summary written by Kristen McQuillin)

7Innocents Abroad

By Mark Twain

Writer/entertainer Garrison Keillor (A Prairie Home Companion) on “The Innocents Abroad”: “…one of the best selling travel books of all time.” (The Writer’s Almanac, June 8, 2012)<br /><br /> When you dive into Mark Twain’s (Samuel Clemens’) The Innocents Abroad, you have to be ready to learn more about the unadorned, ungilded reality of 19th century “touring” than you might think you want to learn. This is a tough, literary journey. It was tough for Twain and his fellow “pilgrims”, both religious and otherwise. They set out, on a June day in 1867, to visit major tourist sites in Europe and the near east, including Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, “the Holy Land”, and Egypt. What Twain records, in often humorous, sometimes grotesque but always fascinating detail, are the day-to-day ups and downs of discovering the truth about people and places. The truths they learn are often far different than their education and rumor have made them preconceive. <BR><BR> This is a voyage of discovery. It’s long and, in places, tiresome. But it’s revelatory about so much. As with some of his other works, Twain includes popular prejudices of his time, which are today considered socially unacceptable. His references to “Indians”, “Negroes” and “infidels” come to mind. <BR><BR> Beyond the lows, though, there are the highs of Twain’s cutting wit and insight as he guides us along the bumpy and often dangerous voyage. <BR><BR>No need to buckle up. Just take it slow, and steady…like the journey itself. (Summary by John Greenman)

8Adventures of Tom Sawyer

By Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine: racing bugs during class, impressing girls, especially Becky Thatcher, with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River.<br><br> One of the most famous incidents in the book describes how Tom persuades his friends to do a boring, hateful chore for him: whitewashing (i.e., painting) a fence.<br><br> This was the first novel to be written on a typewriter.<br><br> (Summary from Wikipedia)

9Awful German Language

By Mark Twain

If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious. Published as Appendix D from Twain’s 1880 book <i>A Tramp Abroad</i>, this comedic gem outlines the pitfalls one will encounter when trying to wrap one’s mind around the torturous German cases, adjective endings, noun genders, and verb placement.<br /> (Summary by Kara)

10Extracts from Adam's Diary

By Mark Twain

Get the true story of Adam and Eve, straight from the source. This humorous text is a day-to-day account of Adam’s life from happiness in the “GARDEN-OF-EDEN” to their fall from grace and the events thereafter. Learn how Eve caught the infant Cain, and Adam takes some time to learn exactly what it is.

11Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences

By Mark Twain

Fenimore Cooper - author of <i>The Deerslayer</i>, <i>The Last of the Mohicans</i>, etc - has often been praised, but just as often been criticised for his writing. Mark Twain wrote a funny, vicious little essay on the subject, in which he states: "In one place in 'Deerslayer,' and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offences against literary art out of a possible 115." (Summary by Gesine)

12Life on the Mississippi

By Mark Twain

Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. (Summary from Wikipedia)

13Roughing It

By Mark Twain

Roughing It is semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870–71 and published in 1872 as a sequel to his first book Innocents Abroad. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad.(Wikipedia)

14Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

By Mark Twain

In one of his later novels, the master storyteller spins a tale of two children switched at infancy. A slave takes on the identity of master and heir while the rightful heir is condemned to live the life of a slave. Twain uses this vehicle to explore themes of nature vs. nurture, racial bigotry and moral relativism. The case of mistaken identity is a theme that Twain explored also in THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER; in THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON he turns the theme into a well-crafted detective story. It is unfortunate that this is one of Twain's lesser known works as it is one of his most enjoyable reads.