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Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 1994
by Twain, Mark
- Used
Mark Twain was a master of virtually every prose genre; in fables and stories, speeches and essays, he skillfully adapted, extended, or satirized literary conventions--guided only by his unruly imagination. These pieces display the variety of Twain's imaginative invention and his extraordinary emotional range.
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- Title Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches (Penguin Classics)
- Author Twain, Mark
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Penguin Classics
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Date 1994-09-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 2Y6RUU0036WB_ns
- ISBN 9780140434170 / 0140434178
- Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.17 x 0.81 in (19.81 x 13.13 x 2.06 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Speeches, addresses, etc., American, Humorous stories, American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94005815
- Dewey Decimal Code 818.409
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Summary
These short fiction and prose pieces display the variety of Twain's imaginative invention, his diverse talents, and his extraordinary emotional range. Twain was a master of virtually every prose genre; in fables and stories, speeches and essays, he skilfully adapted, extended or satirized literary conventions, guided only by his unruly imagination. From the comic wit that sparkles in maxims from 'Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar,' to the parodic perfection of 'An Awful - Terrible Medieval Romance,' to the satirical delights of The Innocents Abroad and Roughing It; from the warm nostalgia of 'Early Days' to the bitter, brooding tone of 'The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg' to the anti-imperial vehemence of 'To the Person Sitting in the Darkness' and the poignant grief expressed in 'Death of Jean', Twain emerges in this volume in many guises, all touched by genius.