Mark Twain: 1276 books

»Dieser Twain ist unverschämt modern .« The New York Times Er ist eine der berühmtesten Persönlichkeiten des 20. Jahrhunderts, seit über 100 Jahren tot – und erreicht uns wie ein Zeitgenosse: Twain spricht direkt mit uns und flüstert uns bei diesem Schlussakkord seiner Jahrhundertautobiographie...

Mark Twain konnte mit seinen Büchern ab dem Jahr 1863 den Grundstock für ein großes Vermögen legen. Seine erfolgreiche schriftstellerische Arbeit schien in einer nicht minder erfolgreichen verlegerischen Tätigkeit ihre Fortsetzung zu finden, verschaffte ihm doch die Biographie des Nordstaatengenerals...

When you dive into Mark Twain’s (Samuel Clemens’) The Innocents Abroad, you have to be ready to learn more about the unadorned, ungilded reality of 19th century “touring” than you might think you want to learn. This is a tough, literary journey. It was tough for Twain and his fellow “pilgrims”,...

He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this classic of American literature, Twain offers lively...

Humorous travelogue of trip to the "wild west". According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American...

Of all the contenders for the title of The Great American Novel, none has a better claim than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Intended at first as a simple story of a boy's adventures in the Mississippi Valley ”a sequel to Tom Sawyer” the book grew and matured under Twain's hand into a work...

How to Tell a Story and Other Essays is a series of essays by Mark Twain. In them he describes his own writing style, attacks the idiocy of a fellow author, defends the virtue of a dead woman, and tries to protect ordinary citizens from insults by railroad conductors. This collection is highly recommended...

In these extraordinary stories Mark Twain takes us from the sleepy banks of the Mississippi, through frontier towns, and across the deserted gold plains of California. We encounter his countryfolk in all their bizarre variety: a cannibalistic ex-senator, a compulsive gambler, phoney travelling salesmen,...

Tom Sawyer est un héros de fiction créé par Mark Twain qui apparaît en 1876 dans Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer. Inspiré de la jeunesse de l'auteur, c'est un personnage qui est devenu un symbole de liberté dans la culture populaire, mais que Twain a dépeint de manière contrastée et parfois critique....

Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins, by Mark Twain, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some...

"ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN  - Top Classic Novels" This edition included NEW illustrations + Free AudioBook Links + Clickable Table of Contents for both the list of included books and their respective chapters. Navigation couldn't be easier. The text and chapters are perfectly...

Mark Twain’s comic short story is now available as an ebook, including an extended excerpt from Twain’s End by Lynn Cullen, a fictionalized imagining of the personal life of America’s most iconic writer, Mark Twain, and his close relationship with his personal secretary.

The Prince and the Pauper is a book by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547, it tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance:...

A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell),...