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Mark Twain. The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain - All 169 Tales in One Edition
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain - All 169 Tales in One Edition
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THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY
GENERAL WASHINGTON’S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT
MY LATE SENATORIAL SECRETARYSHIP
A BURLESQUE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
FIRST ROMANCE
CHAPTER I. THE SECRET REVEALED
CHAPTER II. FESTIVITY AND TEARS
CHAPTER III. THE PLOT THICKENS
CHAPTER IV. THE AWFUL REVELATION
CHAPTER V. THE FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE
SKETCHES NEW AND OLD. MY WATCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
THE JUMPING FROG
JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE
SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
THE STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY
THE STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY
A COUPLE OF POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORE
THOSE EVENING BELLS
THOSE ANNUAL BILLS
NIAGARA
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
TO RAISE POULTRY
EXPERIENCE OF THE McWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUP
MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE
HOW THE AUTHOR WAS SOLD IN NEWARK
THE OFFICE BORE
JOHNNY GREER
THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACT
THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER
DISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOY
THE JUDGE’S “SPIRITED WOMAN”
INFORMATION WANTED
SOME LEARNED FABLES, FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS IN THREE PARTS
PART I. HOW THE ANIMALS OF THE WOOD SENT OUT A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION
PART 2
HOW THE ANIMALS OF THE WOOD COMPLETED THEIR SCIENTIFIC LABORS
PART 3. Near the margin of the great river the scientists presently found a huge, shapely stone, with this inscription:
A FASHION ITEM
RILEY — NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT
A FINE OLD MAN
SCIENCE V.S. LUCK
THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
MR. BLOKE’S ITEM
A MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
CHAPTER I. THE SECRET REVEALED
CHAPTER II. FESTIVITY AND TEARS
CHAPTER III. THE PLOT THICKENS
CHAPTER IV. THE AWFUL REVELATION
CHAPTER V. THE FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE
PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT
A PARAGRAPH NOT ADDED TO THE PETITION
AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
LIONIZING MURDERERS
A NEW CRIME
A CURIOUS DREAM
‘GONE TO HIS JUST REWARD’
A TRUE STORY
THE SIAMESE TWINS
SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET IN LONDON
A GHOST STORY
THE CAPITOLINE VENUS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE
JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK
HOW I EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER
THE PETRIFIED MAN
MY BLOODY MASSACRE
THE UNDERTAKER’S CHAT
CONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDS
AURELIA’S UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN
“AFTER” JENKINS
ABOUT BARBERS
“PARTY CRIES” IN IRELAND
THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT RESIGNATION
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
HONORED AS A CURIOSITY
FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD
CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS
THE STRANGER’S NARRATIVE
THE KILLING OF JULIUS CAESAR “LOCALIZED”
THE WIDOW’S PROTEST
THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST
CURING A COLD
A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
A MYSTERIOUS VISIT
THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT CARNIVAL OF CRIME IN CONNECTICUT
THE INVALID’S STORY
ALONZO FITZ AND OTHER STORIES
THE LOVES OF ALONZO FITZ CLARENCE AND ROSANNAH ETHELTON
II
III
IV
ON THE DECAY OF THE ART OF LYING
ABOUT MAGNANIMOUS-INCIDENT LITERATURE
PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH
1601 CONVERSATION, AS IT WAS THE SOCIAL FIRESIDE, IN THE TIME OF THE TUDORS
THE CANVASSER’S TALE
AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN INTERVIEWER
PARIS NOTES
LEGEND OF SAGENFELD, IN GERMANY
II
SPEECH ON THE BABIES
SPEECH ON THE WEATHER
AT THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY’S SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL DINNER, NEW YORK CITY
CONCERNING THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE —
ROGERS
THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT
I
II
III
MERRY TALES
THE PRIVATE HISTORY OF A CAMPAIGN THAT FAILED
Note
LUCK
THE CAPTAIN`S STORY
A CURIOUS EXPERIENCE
MRS. MCWILLIAMS AND THE LIGHTNING
MEISTERSCHAFT:
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS
CHAPTER I. THE TWINS AS THEY REALLY WERE
CHAPTER II. MA COOPER GETS ALL MIXED UP
CHAPTER III. ANGELO IS BLUE
CHAPTER IV. SUPERNATURAL CHRONOMETRY
CHAPTER V. GUILT AND INNOCENCE FINELY BLENT
CHAPTER VI. THE AMAZING DUEL
CHAPTER VII. LUIGI DEFIES GALEN
CHAPTER VIII. BAPTISM OF THE BETTER HALF
CHAPTER IX. THE DRINKLESS DRUNK
CHAPTER X. SO THEY HANGED LUIGI
FINAL REMARKS
THE £1,000,000 BANK NOTE AND OTHER NEW STORIES
THE £1,000,000 BANK NOTE
MENTAL TELEGRAPHY
Part I. A Manuscript With A History
Part II
Postscript
MENTAL TELEGRAPHY AGAIN
A CURE FOR THE BLUES
THE ENEMY CONQUERED; OR, LOVE TRIUMPHANT
ABOUT ALL KINDS OF SHIPS
PLAYING THE COURIER
THE CHICAGO OF EUROPE
THE GERMAN CHICAGO
A PETITION TO THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND
A MAJESTIC LITERARY FOSSIL
THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG
I
II
III
IV
A DOUBLE BARRELED DETECTIVE STORY
PART I
I
II
III
IV
V
PART II. I
II
III
IV
V
A DOG’S TALE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
EXTRACTS FROM ADAM’S DIARY
EVE’S DIARY
THE WAR PRAYER
THE $30,000 BEQUEST
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
THE CURIOUS BOOK
THE CALIFORNIAN’S TALE
A HELPLESS SITUATION
A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION
EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON: A TALE
THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES
ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTER
ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR
A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY
HOW TO TELL A STORY
GENERAL WASHINGTON’S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT
WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE “TWO-YEAR-OLDS”
AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE
A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
AMENDED OBITUARIES
A MONUMENT TO ADAM
A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN
INTRODUCTION TO “THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH”
ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS
POST-MORTEM POETRY (1)
THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED
PORTRAIT OF KING WILLIAM III
DOES THE RACE OF MAN LOVE A LORD?
CAPTAIN STORMFIELD’S VISIT TO HEAVEN
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR AND OTHER WHIMSICAL SKETCHES
A MEMORY
INTRODUCTORY TO “MEMORANDA”
ABOUT SMELLS
A COUPLE OF SAD EXPERIENCES
DAN MURPHY
THE “TOURNAMENT” IN A. D. 1870
CURIOUS RELIC FOR SALE
A REMINISCENCE OF THE BACK SETTLEMENTS
A ROYAL COMPLIMENT
THE APPROACHING EPIDEMIC
THE TONE-IMPARTING COMMITTEE
OUR PRECIOUS LUNATIC
THE EUROPEAN WARS
THE WILD MAN INTERVIEWED
GOLDSMITH’S FRIEND ABROAD AGAIN
LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN
