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Twain Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, Essays 2Volume Set Library of America
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- ISBN
- 9780940450363
- Book Title
- Mark Twain Vol. 1 : Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays Vol. 1 1852-1890 (Loa #60)
- Book Series
- Library of America Mark Twain Edition Ser.
- Publisher
- Library of America, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 11.5 in
- Publication Year
- 1992
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Literary Collections, Humor, Fiction
- Topic
- Topic / Politics, Literary, American / General, Form / Essays
- Item Weight
- 24.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 1120 Pages
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This Library of America book, with its companion volume, is the most comprehensive collection ever published of Mark Twain's short writings -- the incomparable stories, sketches, burlesques, hoaxes, tall tales, speeches, satires, and maxims of America's greatest humorist. Arranged chronologically and containing many pieces restored to the form in which Twain intended them to appear, the volumes show with unprecedented clarity the literary evolution of Mark Twain over six decades of his career. The nearly two hundred separate items in this volume cover the years from 1852 to 1890. As a riverboat pilot, Confederate irregular, silver miner, frontier journalist, and publisher, Twain witnessed the tragicomic beginning of the Civil War in Missouri, the frenzied opening of the West, and the feverish corruption, avarice, and ambition of the Reconstruction era. He wrote about political bosses, jumping frogs, robber barons, cats, women's suffrage, temperance, petrified men, the bicycle, the Franco-Prussian War, the telephone, the income tax, the insanity defense, injudicious swearing, and the advisability of political candidates preemptively telling the worst about themselves before others get around to it. Among the stories included here are "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog," which won him instant fame when published in 1865, "Cannibalism in the Cars," "The Invalid's Story," and the charming "A Cat's Tale," written for his daughters' private amusement. This volume also presents several of his famous and successful speeches and toasts, such as "Woman -- God Bless Her," "The Babies," and "Advice to Youth." Such writings brought Twain immense success on the public lecture and banquet circuit, as did his controversial "Whittier Birthday Speech," which portrayed Boston's most revered men of letters as a band of desperadoes. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
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Library of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0940450364
ISBN-13
9780940450363
eBay Product ID (ePID)
449180
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mark Twain Vol. 1 : Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays Vol. 1 1852-1890 (Loa #60)
Number of Pages
1120 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1992
Topic
Topic / Politics, Literary, American / General, Form / Essays
Genre
Literary Collections, Humor, Fiction
Book Series
Library of America Mark Twain Edition Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
24.5 Oz
Item Length
11.5 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
Reviews
"These sketches and stories are a national treasure. The Library of America ought to be commended for issuing them in an attractive edition." -- The Dallas Morning News From the Boxed Set edition.
Lccn
92-052657
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Series Volume Number
4
Dewey Decimal
818/.409
Lc Classification Number
Ps1303 1992
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