Mark Twain: 1276 books

One of Twain's most celebrated novellas, 'The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg' is a satirical retelling of the Garden of Eden story in the Bible, in which the author, mocking the supposed honesty and incorruptibility of the inhabitants of an imaginary American town, shows how man is fundamentally bad and...

This book is a collection of some short stories. A hilarious and cutting critique of what not to do, this deliciously wicked essay lays out what writers should and must do if they want their fiction to live and breathe ― as Twain's own fiction always does. In "How to Tell a Story," the...

A cheerful and sharp critique of what not to do, this pleasurably wicked essay lays out what writers should and must do if they want their fiction to live and breathe ― as Twain's own fiction always does. In "How to Tell a Story," the title piece, Twain takes on such mysteries as the perfectly-timed...

“Twain güçlü bir edebiyatçı. Adeta yanan ateşin yanında, örsünün başındaki bir nalbant gibi. Sertçe vuruyor ve her darbesiyle iz bırakıyor.”       -Maksim Gorki-   Ahmak Wilson’ın Trajedisi, genç bir köle kadının 1/32 oranında siyahi olan çocuğunu...

Quasi certamente questo racconto di Twain è il miglior pezzo comico sulla corruzione che sia mai stato scritto. Non solo è un gioiello di suspense un mirabile congegno narrativo ma è anche un vero e proprio trattato di morale in forma di farsa. È la storia – sempre attuale – di un paese marcio...

No. 44 The Misteryous Stranger (Lo straniero misterioso) fu scritto nel 1916 e pubblicato postumo. Lo straniero del romanzo di Twain non è altro che Satana in persona. Un Satana, in realtà, ben diverso da come ce lo potremmo aspettare. È un emissario del caos, è la voce della verità. Si presenta...

Switched at birth by a young slave woman attempting to protect her son from the horrors of slavery, a light-skinned infant changes places with the master's white son. This simple premise is the basis of Pudd'nhead Wilson, a compelling drama that contains all the elements of a classic nineteenth-century...

The humorist takes on the controversy over the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays in this 1909 essay, one of the last published in his  lifetime. Twain argues that the man from Stratford could not have written the plays, because he lacked the education and was not famous in his home town, as Twain was in Hannibal, Missouri.

"Sui fondatori della razza umana. Da Adamo ed Eva al Diluvio Universale", è la nostra novità di ottobre. Insieme agli "Estratti dal diari di Adamo" e al "Diario di Eva", Piano B vi presenta in un'unica antologia tutti gli scritti del geniale autore statunitense sul...

This book contains the Tom Sawyer complete collection. - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Tom Sawyer Abroad - Tom Sawyer, Detective The Adventures of Tom Sawyer remains a coming of age classic that needs no introduction and its first sequel Huckleberry Finn has been...

Twain compiled this collection of thirty-eight short stories, humorous observations, and other writings from his long career in 1906.  The last such volume published during his lifetime, it is a must-read for lovers of American literature and anyone who appreciates the humorist's art.     

Twain combines wit and tenderness in this "he said/she said" narrative of life among the first humans. Five additional stories include "The $30,000 Bequest" and "A Monument to Adam.

Twain's collected essays on Christian Science, the belief system established by Mary Baker Eddy. 'Will Christian Science get a chance to show its wares? It has already secured that chance. Will it flourish and spread and prosper if it shall create for itself the one thing essential to those...

Curl up with a collection of stories from the pen of one of the masters of American fiction and humor writing. This carefully curated volume of Twain's short stories represents a cross-section of some the author's finest work, including the title piece, which follows a stranger's plot to corrupt a purportedly honest community.