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The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain
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Charles Neider,Mark Twain |
Curing a cold -- Aurelia's unfortunate young man -- Information for the million -- The killing of Julius Caesar "localized" -- Lucretia Smith's soldier -- A touching story of George Washington's boyh… |
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The Portable Mark Twain
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Bernard Augustine De Voto,Mark Twain |
Contents:
Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
from A Tramp Abroad
from Old Times on the Mississippi
Private History of a Campaign that Failed
from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Co… |
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The Mark Twain anthology
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Shelley Fisher Fishkin |
Brings together the words of over 60 writers, from Twain's earliest reviews to today, probing the many facets of his incomparable humor, his revolutionary use of vernacular language, his exploration … |
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The Irish wine trilogy
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Dick Wimmer |
"Through three comic novels that span ten years and two continents, Dick Wimmer's Irish Wine Trilogy follows the misadventures of brilliant Irish painter Seamus Boyne; his old friend, Gene Hagar; his… |
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Out of the closet and nothing to wear
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Lesléa Newman |
This collection of humorous stories starring Leslea Newman and her butch, Flash, who live in Lesbianville, U.S.A., is based on her popular column, which has run in lesbian and gay periodicals all ove… |
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The fruited plain
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Alvin B. Kernan |
"The beleaguered Joad family of Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath struggled in an era of disappointed dreams and empty pockets. But how might the grandchildren of that Dust Bowl generation fare in today's … |
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Selected stories
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Ring Lardner |
This collection brings together twenty-one of Lardner's best pieces, including the six Jack Keefe stories that comprise You Know Me, Al, as well as such familiar favorites as "Alibi Ike," "Some Like … |
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The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Sketches (20 works)
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Mark Twain |
Contains 20 works:
THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG
MY FIRST LIE, AND HOW I GOT OUT OF IT
THE ESQUIMAUX MAIDEN'S ROMANCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND THE BOOK OF MRS. EDDY
IS HE LIVING OR IS H… |
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Editorial Wild Oats
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Mark Twain |
I was a printer's "devil," and a progressive and aspiring one. My uncle had me on his paper (the Weekly Hannibal Journal, two dollars a year, in advance—five hundred subscribers, and they paid in cor… |
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Merry Tales
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Mark Twain |
Contains:
The private history of a campaign that failed.
The invalid's story.
Luck.
The captain's story.
A curious experience.
Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning.
Meisterschaft. |
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Men and Cartoons
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Jonathan Lethem |
Jonathan Lethem's new collection of stories is a feast for his fans and the perfect introduction for new readers--nine fantastic, amusing, poignant tales written in a dizzying variety of styles, as L… |
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Thurber Carnival
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James Thurber |
James Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upo… |
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