Monatsarchive: Dezember 2017

Is Shakespeare Dead? – Mark Twain

“Is Shakespeare Dead?” is a scholarly work of profound erudition, and has been accepted by critics as the final word on the Baconian controversy. No Shakespearite after reading it can longer cling to the Stratford fallacy. The author reasons logically that the writer of the plays could not have been Shakespeare, because they exhibit an intimate knowledge of the technicalities of the law, and there is no evidence that Shakespeare, the actor, had at any time the leisure to acquire legal lore.

Is Shakespeare Dead?

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Is Shakespeare Dead?.

ISBN: 9783849674595.

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Biography of Mark Twain (from Wikipedia):

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Christian Science – Mark Twain

Mark Twain wrote this book about Christian Science in 1907, three years before his death. Although he was most interested in spirituality and the basics of mental healing, he was a fierce enemy of Mrs. Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science movement. The essays in this book highlight what Twain really thought about this religious movement.

Christian Science

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Christian Science.

ISBN: 9783849674588.

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Biography of Mark Twain (from Wikipedia):

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The $30.000 Bequest (and other stories) – Mark Twain

Many of Mark Twain’s funniest stories have been gathered into this volume. Some have appeared before in book form while other more recent ones have seen print only in magazines. The volume includes, among many other stories: A dog’s tale, The Californian’s tale, A telephone conversation, Italian with grammar, The danger of lying in bed, Eve’s diary, The $30.000 Bequest and many more.

The $30.000 Bequest (and other stories)

Format: Paperback

The $30.000 Bequest (and other stories).

ISBN: 9783849674571.

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Biography of Mark Twain (from Wikipedia):

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

A Double Barrelled Detective Story – Mark Twain

“A Double-Barrelled Detective Story” is just one of Mark Twain’s little airy nothings that come our way every now and then and afford us an hour of genuine amusement and then fit away to smile their cheerful smiles upon some other beings equally forlorn. The plot of the tale is an ingeniously contrived one, the characters are cleverly depicted, although they present a type more imaginative than real and the mode of expression is just the same clear-cut, vigorous, resounding style that we might expect from so skilful a writer. The whole is a satire, wonderfully diverting and highly amusing with just a sufficient quantity of veiled truth to give it an … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Man that corrupted Hadleyburg (and other stories and essays) – Mark Twain

‘The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg’ gives its title to this collection of short stories by Mark Twain. We find here the old Mark, with a difference. The years that bring the philosophic mind have made of the inimitable humorist a writer of stories with a purpose. But the author’s purpose is not permitted to thwart the reader’s, which is to get at least one good laugh out of everything that Mark Twain signs. As the present tales and sketches reprinted from Harper’s, The Century, The Cosmopolitan, etc., contain more than one laugh each, the reader should not be disappointed who finds them provocative of thought as well … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Following the Equator (A Journey around the World) – Mark Twain

A happy and interesting jumble is this book of Mark Twain’s. It is like a lucky-bag at a fair. In his zigzag journey around the world, the humorist has made a collection of odds and ends of fun, philosophy, and fantastic description, such as has never been gathered in the pages of a single book, and any one dipping in at random is sure of a prize. The heterogeneous mass has some pretense of being loosely strung together, but it is on a line as long as the Equator itself. It is a traveler’s miscellany — a globe-trotter’s hotch-potch — a sociologist’s cabinet of specimens, all bearing the quaint … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Tom Sawyer, Detective – Mark Twain

In this book we meet once again Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and the faithful Jim, and their adventures are just as interesting as ever and have all that freshness and quaint humor that gave the volume in which they first appeared a charm such as few boys’ books possess. The tale is told by Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer’s faithful henchman, and it is an exciting narrative of these two boys’ adventures with thieves on a Mississippi steamboat, a mysterious murder, a trial, and a final unravelling of the mystery by Tom.

Tom Sawyer, Detective

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Tom Sawyer, Detective.

ISBN: 9783849674533.

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Biography of Mark Twain (from Wikipedia):… Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Tragedy of Pudd`nhead Wilson – Mark Twain

Mark Twain’s book is a story of mixed babies and the ingenious detection of crime. It is not altogether another ” Hucklebury Finn.” On the other hand, it is a relief to find that it is not another ” Yankee at King Arthur’s Court.” Roxy, the slave woman who changes the babies, is a delightful character who stirs us with a warm and ready interest. For the rest, there is little said to rouse enthusiasm. Puddn’head Wilson himself is unreal, too much of the deus ex machina, though there is much that is Twainian in the specimen sayings that illustrate his wisdom. Every chapter is headed with these extracts, and it is … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Tom Sawyer Abroad – Mark Twain

In the story, Tom, Huck, and Jim travel to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon, where they survive encounters with lions, robbers, and fleas to see some of the world’s greatest wonders, including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, Detective, the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn. It is a sequel, set in the time following the title story of the Tom Sawyer series.

Tom Sawyer Abroad

Format: Paperback

Tom Sawyer Abroad.

ISBN: 9783849674502.

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Biography of Mark Twain (from Wikipedia):

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...