Twain began his career writing light, humorous verse, but he became a chronicler of the vanities, hypocrisies, and murderous acts of mankind. At mid-career, he combined rich humor, sturdy narrative, and social criticism in Huckleberry Finn. He was a master of rendering colloquial speech and helped to create and popularize a distinctive American literature built on American themes and language.
A complete bibliography of Twain's works is nearly impossible to compile because of the vast number of pieces he wrote (often in obscure newspapers) and his use of several different pen names.
This book contains more than 30 of the most famous and significant works of Mark Twain.
Contents:
Novels
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Stories
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man
A Complaint about Correspondents, Dated in San Francisco
Answers to Correspondents
Among the Fenians
The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn't Come to Grief
Curing a Cold
An Inquiry about Insurances
Literature in the Dry Diggings
"After" Jenkins
Lucretia Smith's Soldier
The Killing of Julius Cæsar "Localized"
An Item Which the Editor Himself Could Not Understand
Among the Spirits
Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington
A Touching Story of George Washington's Boyhood
A Page from a Californian Almanac
Information for the Million
The Launch of the Steamer Capital
Origin of Illustrious Men
Advice for Good Little Girls
Concerning Chambermaids
Remarkable Instances of Presence of Mind
Honored as a Curiosity in Honolulu
The Steed "Oahu"
A Strange Dream
Short and Singular Rations
A Letter from Santa Claus
What Stumped the Blue Jays
Essay
On the Decay of the Art of Lying
