A good candidate for the most under-appreciated work by Mark Twain would be The Treaty With China, which he published in the New York Tribune in 1868. This piece, which is an...
In Defense of Harriet Shelley by TWAIN, Mark
Mark Twain pulls no punches while exposing the real Percy Shelley in this scathing condemnation of Edward Dowdens Life of Shelley. Even though, as Twain writes, Shelleys life has...
Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, The by TWAIN, Mark
In one of his later novels, the master storyteller spins a tale of two children switched at infancy. A slave takes on the identity of master and heir while the rightful heir is...
Old Times on the Mississippi by TWAIN, Mark
Old Times on the Mississippi is a non-fiction work by Mark Twain. It was published in 1876. Originally published in serial form in the Atlantic Monthly, in 1875, this same work...
Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories by TWAIN, Mark
A collection of Twain short stories including: The Loves Of Alonzo Fitz Clarence And Rosannah Ethelton On The Decay Of The Art Of Lying About Magnanimous-Incident Literature The...
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The by TWAIN, Mark
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twains lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is...
Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, The by TWAIN, Mark
The town of Hadleyburg had the reputation of being the most honest town in a wide area, indeed an incorruptible community. The elders took this reputation so to heart that they...
Prince and the Pauper, The by TWAIN, Mark
The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twains first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two young boys who are identical in...
Extracts From Adam's Diary By Mark Twain
Get the true story of Adam and Eve, straight from the source. This humorous text is a day-to-day account of Adams life from happiness in the GARDEN-OF-EDEN to their fall from...
