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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American classic, a book that has inspired troves of writers in its wake, and that has sparked generations of discussion and debate. It is a novel by Mark Twain noted for its depiction of people and locations along...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer emanates self-confidence wherever he goes. With his buddy Huck Finn, pretty Becky Thatcher, cantankerous Aunt Polly and a host of others, let's begin a journey to the time of riverboats, fishin' holes, and midnight grave robbers. Each...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Beloved for more than a century, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and continues the adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Jim as they travel the Mississippi river valley. Criticized...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn is the original American maverick. He chooses the things that feel the most comfortable for him, regardless of what others may say. But when he is forced to flee his home, and comes into company with Jim, a runaway slave, his sound...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Come and hear the strange tail 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...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"One of the best-loved and most famous characters in southern literature springs to larger-than-life size thanks to Thomas Becker's inspired delivery."-- School Library JournalWho could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer?...

There are adventures galore on the way to that climactic episode in the mining camps of northern California, as young Sam Clemens sets off on the Overland Stage line, recording the fauna, flora, and humanity of The Wild West. He tastes condemned army...

Mark Twain 3 Complete Works

Mark Twain 3 Complete Works

Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemens in 1835, was a celebrated American author, humorist, and social critic. Twain's life and writings are deeply intertwined with American history, capturing the essence of the 19th century and the spirit of the American...

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

Hank Morgan is a mechanic, an engineer, and a foreman at the Colt Arms Factory. One day he gets into an argument, "conducted with crowbars," with an employee known as "Hercules." A blow to Hank's head sends him back to King Arthur's England in the...

100 citas de Mark Twain

100 citas de Mark Twain

Mark Twain es uno de los escritores más ingeniosos y prolíficos de todos los tiempos. Es conocido sobre todo por Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer y su secuela, Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn, que a menudo se llama la Gran Novela Americana. Fue elogiado...

A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph...

More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain

More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain

"More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain" fills in the gaps left by the first collection of newspaper articles: "Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain" . The missing articles, collected by twainquotes.com, consist of works printed in the Muscatine Journal,...

The American Claimant

The American Claimant

Young Lord Berkeley has discovered that his family's title and wealth was fraudulently obtained by previous generations, and announces to his his father - Lord Rossmore - that he intends to travel to America. There he plans to return the Earldom of...

Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain

Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain

This is a collection of newspaper articles written by Samuel Clemens, for various newspapers, between 1862 and 1881. After Feb 3rd 1863, he began using the pen name Mark Twain. This compilation is the work of Project Gutenberg and contains articles...

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...

Pudd'nhead Wilson

Pudd'nhead Wilson

Puddn’head Wilson is Mark Twain’s novel of satirical wit aimed at the injustices in the southern states of America in the mid 19th century. It tells the story of two children, one born free, the other a slave. When the slaves mother, Roxana, switches...

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Presented as a translation by Jean Francois Alden of Joan of Arc's page and secretary the Sieur Louis de Conte's memoirs, Twain's Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc first appeared as a serial in Harper's Magazine beginning in April of 1895. It is a...

Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. He published in 1872 as a prequel to his first book, The Innocents Abroad.Roughing It is the hilarious record of those early years travelling...

The Gilded Age, A Tale of Today

The Gilded Age, A Tale of Today

Originally published in 1873, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is the only novel Twain co-wrote (C.D. Warner was a good friend and neighbor of the Clemens family in Hartford, and the collaboration sprang from their wive's challenge and encouragement)....

The Innocents Abroad

The Innocents Abroad

Mark Twain’s classic travelogue The Innocents Abroad firmly established him as a writer and humourist of dazzling perspicacity.The story chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through...

The Innocents Abroad (version2)

The Innocents Abroad (version2)

Not Yet Available Author - Mark Twain. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

Life on the Mississippi

Life on the Mississippi

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) Author - Mark Twain. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday,...

Sketches New and Old

Sketches New and Old

This collection of 63 writings by Mark Twain was published in 1875. Among other sketches, it contains "The Jumping Frog" in the original English, followed by a French translation (read here by Caroline Mittler) which Twain re-translated into English,...

One of the first major American novels to satirize the political milieu of Washington, and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War, The Gilded Age gave this remarkable era its name.This...

Life on the Mississippi

Life on the Mississippi

Life on the Mississippi expresses the full range of Twain's literary personality.It remains the most vivid, boisterous, and provocative account of the cultural and societal history of the Mississippi Valley, from 'the golden age' of steamboating to...

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

If ever there was a story written based unabashedly on adventure and trouble, this is it. There are treasure hunts and murderers on the run in this book that will keep you spellbound. Tom and his half-brother, Sid, lived with their aunt, Polly. Tom...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American classic, a book that has inspired troves of writers in its wake, and that has sparked generations of discussion and debate. It is a novel by Mark Twain noted for its depiction of people and locations along...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer emanates self-confidence wherever he goes. With his buddy Huck Finn, pretty Becky Thatcher, cantankerous Aunt Polly and a host of others, let's begin a journey to the time of riverboats, fishin' holes, and midnight grave robbers. Each...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Regarded as the pride and joy of American literature, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a picturesque novel depicting Huck’s epic journey from boyhood to manhood and the struggles he must face living in a corrupt society. The novel serves as a...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Beloved for more than a century, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and continues the adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Jim as they travel the Mississippi river valley. Criticized...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn is the original American maverick. He chooses the things that feel the most comfortable for him, regardless of what others may say. But when he is forced to flee his home, and comes into company with Jim, a runaway slave, his sound...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Come and hear the strange tail 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...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"One of the best-loved and most famous characters in southern literature springs to larger-than-life size thanks to Thomas Becker's inspired delivery."-- School Library JournalWho could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer?...

There are adventures galore on the way to that climactic episode in the mining camps of northern California, as young Sam Clemens sets off on the Overland Stage line, recording the fauna, flora, and humanity of The Wild West. He tastes condemned army...

Mark Twain 3 Complete Works

Mark Twain 3 Complete Works

Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemens in 1835, was a celebrated American author, humorist, and social critic. Twain's life and writings are deeply intertwined with American history, capturing the essence of the 19th century and the spirit of the American...