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...ction of newspaper articles written by Samuel Clemens, for various newspapers, between 1862 and 1881. After Feb 3rd 1863, he began using the pen name Mark Twain. This compilation is the work of Project Gutenberg and contains articles from TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE, THE SAN FRANCISCO DAILY MORNING CALL, THE SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, DAILY HAWAIIAN HERALD, ALTA CALIFORNIA, THE CH...

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Excerpt: What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other Ess... ...IN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Ma... ...ity’s Electronic Classics Series. Cover design: Jim Manis; Caricature of Mark T wain appearing in Life: 31 January 1907 Copyright © 1999 The Pennsy... ........ 195 What Is Man and Other Essays 4 WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) WHAT IS MAN? I a. a. a. a.... ...e and treat and combine several metals of which brass is made. O.M. Then? Mark T wain 5 Y.M. Out of the perfected result, build the fine engine. O.M.... ...y exterior influences—solely. He originates nothing, not even a thought. Mark T wain 7 Y.M. Oh, come! Where did I get my opinion that this which you... ...are’s creations— O.M. No, you mean Shakespeare’s imitations. Shakespeare Mark T wain 9 created nothing. He correctly observed, and he marvelously pa... ...d it for him. He must not strut around in the merit of it—it is not his. Mark T wain 11 Y.M. But, anyway, he reared the plant after she watered the ...

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...lustration and the one on the cover are from a Nineteenth Century edition of Mark Twain‘s The Adven tures of Huckleberry Finn . This publication of... ...thin the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , the Pennsylvania State ... ...ty University. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel L. Clemens) NOTICE Persons attempting to find a motive... ...entures of Tom Sawyer ; but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he str... ... sign of the band. And nobody that didn’t belong to the band could use that mark, and if he did he must be sued; and if he done it again he must be k... ... their fingers to get blood to 8 HUCKLEBERRY FINN sign with, and I made my mark on the paper. “Now,” says Ben Rogers, “what’s the line of business o... ...d go charging down on hog drivers and women in carts taking garden stuff to market, but we never hived any of them. Tom Sawyer called the hogs “ingo... ...ave and powwow over what we had done, and how many people we had killed and marked. But I couldn’t see no profit in it. One time Tom sent a boy to r... ...A rabs and the elephants, but as for me I think differ ent. It had all the marks of a Sunday school. CHAPTER IV. Well, three or four months run alon...

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...Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance, a short volume, published by Sheldon & Co., NY in 1871, is Mark Twain's third book. It consists of two stories - First Romance, which had originally appeared in The Ex...

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Excerpt: A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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...rsity assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Tramp Abr... ...Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. 3 A Tramp Abroad A TRAMP ABR... ...e chasing the Saxons (as he said), or being chased by them (as they said), arrived at the bank of the river at dawn, in a fog. The enemy were either b... ...he King commanded to seize the criminal and lead him to death, who had ventured to dance, with the queen; so disgraced the Empress, and insulted the c... ...ly man in uniform, who wore the hand- some brass-mounted, steel-spiked helmet of the army on his head. Last came the Empress of Germany and the Grand ... ...situated. It has the appearance of being on a shelf half-way up the wooded mountainside; and as it is remote and isolated, and very white, it makes a ... ...ny country; but German legends and fairy tales have given these an added charm. They have peopled all that region with gnomes, and dwarfs, and all sor... ...oo—just bristling! And as for command of language—why you never see a bluejay get stuck for a word. No man ever did. They just boil out of him! And an... ...ee what become of it, but he couldn’t. He says, ‘Well, I never struck no such a hole as this before; I’m of the opinion it’s a totally new kind of a h...

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Excerpt: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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... The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...e as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim M... ...versity is an equal opportunity University. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) P R E F A C E Most of the adventure... ...d that was strange; and Sid did not overlook the fact that Tom even showed a marked aversion to these inquests, and always avoided them when he could.... ...unt said to him showed him that he had brought his sorrows to an unpromising market: “Tom, I’ve a notion to skin you alive!” “Auntie, what have I done... ...es until they were worn entirely out; and a peculiarity that conspicu ously marked and marred them was the inveterate and in tolerable sermon that w... ...after it any more?” “No, they think they will, but they generally forget the marks, or else they die. Anyway, it lays there a long time and gets rusty... ... and by and by somebody finds an old yellow paper that tells how to find the marks — a paper that’s got to be ciphered over about a week because it’s... ...No.” The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 116 “Well then, how you going to find the marks?” “I don’t want any marks. They always bury it under a ha’nted hous...

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Excerpt: Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim M... ...ate University is an equal opportunity University. TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE by MARK TWAIN CHAPTER I. AN INVITATION FOR TOM AND AN INVITATION FOR TOM AND... ...ssippi down there a reaching miles and miles around Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain 3 the points where the timber looks smoky and dim it’s so far... ...n’t know what to do; then he says, very ca’m, and I Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain 4 could a shot him for it: “Well,” he says, “I’m right down s... ...it back.” Tom was packed in ten minutes, all except Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain 5 what his aunt and Mary would finish up for him; then we wai... ...eless Jubiter Dunlap to please his ornery brother.” Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain 6 “What a name — Jubiter! Where’d he get it?” “It’s only just... ...acts as if he would really hit the man, sometimes.” Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain 7 “Aunt Polly, it beats anything I ever heard of. Why, he’s j... ...couldn’t be for boys that was traveling, of course. Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain 8 From the very start me and Tom allowed that there was someb... ... a look at him. Say — the next time you’re going in Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain 9 there, don’t you reckon you could spread the door and —” “N...

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...or the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Tome Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim M... ...a State University is an equal opportunity University. TOM SAWYER ABROAD By Mark Twain CHAPTER I. TOM SEEKS NEW ADVENTURES DO YOU RECKON T OM S AWY... ...ing over his travels, and it just give the poor old man Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain 3 the high strikes. It made him sick to listen to Tom, and to... ... gov’ment, and say, “Now, there she is — do with me what Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain 4 you’re a mind to; though as heaven is my judge I am an inno... ...g to start for Philadelphia — not a minute to lose if he Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain 5 wanted to catch him. Nat ‘most dropped, it made him so sick... ...ccount of other things turning up for the people to talk Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain 6 about — first a horse race, and on top of that a house afir... ...n, what’s a crusade? But I can tell you one thing before Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain 7 you begin; if it’s a patent right, there’s no money in it. ... ...s: “Mars Tom, I reckon dey’s a mistake about it somers — Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain 8 dey mos’ sholy is. I’s religious myself, en I knows plenty ... ...t’s pure theology by the laws that protect real estate!” Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain 9 Now that’s just where Tom Sawyer warn’t fair. Jim didn’t me...

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Excerpt: The Tragedy of Pudd?nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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... The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...n electronic transmis sion, in any way. The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim M... ...ty is an equal opportunity University. The T ragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain A WHISPER TO THE READER There is no character, howsoever good ... ..., and this is not flattery, far from it. The Tragedy of Pudd nhead Wilson - Mark Twain 3 He was a little rusty on his law, but he rubbed up for this... ... it will be a great and satisfying lift for me, that six hundred years will. Mark T wain. CHAPTER 1 Pudd’nhead Wins His Name Tell the truth or trump b... ...nts and terra cotta pots in which grew a The Tragedy of Pudd nhead Wilson - Mark Twain 4 breed of geranium whose spread of intensely red blossoms ac... ...te River, and so on—and were bound every The Tragedy of Pudd nhead Wilson - Mark Twain 5 whither and stocked with every imaginable comfort or ne ce... ...er—however, with him we have no concern. The Tragedy of Pudd nhead Wilson - Mark Twain 6 Percy Northumberland Driscoll, brother to the judge, and yo... ...ss him. One said: “‘Pears to be a fool.” The Tragedy of Pudd nhead Wilson - Mark Twain 7 “‘Pears?” said another. “_Is,_ I reckon you better say.” “...

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Excerpt: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur?s Court by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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... A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...c trans mission, in any way. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim M... ...ual opportunity University. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT by MARK TWAIN (Samuel L. Clemens) PREFACE THE UNGENTLE LAWS AND CUSTOMS ... ...ed, and I am not going to have anything particular to do next winter anyway. MARK TWAIN. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain 3 ... ...eneral use many, many centu A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain 4 ries ago — and muttered apparently to himself: “Wit ye well... ...s he lodged. And at the last A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain 5 by fortune him happened against a night to come to a fair c... ...Launcelot, on Whitsunday next A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain 6 coming go unto the court of King Arthur, and there shall ye... ...couple of thousand rough men A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain 7 under one, one has plenty of that sort of amusement. I had,... ...sked him how far we were from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain 8 Hartford. He said he had never heard of the place; which I ...

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A book of short stories and humorous anecdotes by Mark Twain, published together in 1906. (Summary by Tricia G)

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...This audiobook is a collection of Mark Twain's anti-imperialist writings (newspaper articles, interviews, speeches, letters, essays and pamphlets). (Summary by Vineshen Pillay)...

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...Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. (Summary from Wikipedia)...