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Pandora's Box
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English
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Here you will find the complete novels of Mark Twain in the chronological order of their original publication: - The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - The Prince and the Pauper - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - The American Claimant - Tom Sawyer Abroad - The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson - Tom Sawyer, Detective - Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc - A Double Barrelled...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Swept out to sea in a boating accident, Henry Adams is penniless and in rags ashore in London. Whilst roaming the streets, his luck changes; two brothers hand him an envelope with no explanation. Inside lies a banknote worth one million pounds. But how can a penniless man prove that he legally possesses such a banknote? What urged Adams to sail away? Why did the two brothers give away their fortune?Combining wit, humour and humility, Mark Twain's...
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Global Publishers
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, the narrator of...
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English
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These four timeless classics of American fiction explore the trials of growing up and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century American life.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Escaping society, Huckleberry Finn and a runaway slave named Jim take a log raft down the Mississippi River. Their adventures draw them closer together until Huck must make a fateful choice between Jim's freedom and his own salvation. One of the first major novels written in...
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English
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In the heart of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the Mississippi River stands as both a physical and metaphorical conduit for the protagonist's odyssey. Fleeing his abusive father and the societal constraints that seek to "sivilize" him, young Huckleberry Finn finds solace on the riverbanks, a sanctuary that beckons him toward self-discovery and freedom. On Jackson Island, Huck's solitude is shattered when he encounters Jim, a runaway...
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
These four timeless classics of American fiction explore the trials of growing up and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century American life.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Escaping society, Huckleberry Finn and a runaway slave named Jim take a log raft down the Mississippi River. Their adventures draw them closer together until Huck must make a fateful choice between Jim’s freedom and his own salvation. One of the first
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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These three novels by the great American satirist transport readers across the ocean to Europe and back in time to Camelot and the Hundred Years’ War.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court: A supervisor at a firearms factory in Hartford, Connecticut, Hank Morgan inexplicably finds himself transported back in time to Camelot. Worse still, he is brought before the Round Table and sentenced to burn at...
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court: A supervisor at a firearms factory in Hartford, Connecticut, Hank Morgan inexplicably finds himself transported back in time to Camelot. Worse still, he is brought before the Round Table and sentenced to burn at...
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Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Hank Morgan, a mechanic at a gun factory, is knocked unconscious and wakes up in England in the year 528. After he is captured and taken to Camelot, he is put before the knights of King Arthur's Round Table where he is condemned to death. However, he remembers having read of an eclipse on the day of his execution and he astonishes the court by predicting the phenomenon. Hank is made minister to the ineffectual king and in an effort to bring democratic...
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Timothée Luwewe
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the latter often called...
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Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"All was still. All but my own heart—I could hear it beat. Presently the bedclothes began to slip away slowly toward the foot of the bed, as if some one were pulling them!" In Mark Twain's "A Ghost Story" from 1875, the narrator rents a room in an old New York City building with upper stories long since given up to dust, cobwebs and silence. On his first night, he experiences something so dreadful that he convinces himself it must be a dream. It...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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'Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories' invites readers to deep dive into Twain's wealth of knowledge and entertaining anecdotes concerning life, language, and love. With hidden gems such as 'The Great Revolution in Pitcairn', which imagines a society built on a deserted island, and 'On The Decay of the Art of Lying', which advocates for telling meaningful lies, Twain's impressive collection offers something for every reader looking to discover the wit and...
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Publisher
WordFire Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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A novel of the life of the defender of medieval France by the celebrated author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
She saved France when she was fourteen . . .
She was burned at the stake for her efforts . . .
Meet the girl who captured Mark Twain’s heart.
A forgotten masterpiece from one of America’s greatest authors—and the last full-length novel he ever
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Global Publishers
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (also simply known as Tom Sawyer) is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel, Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best-selling of Twain's works during...
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Ashby Navis & Tennyson Media Publisher
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Introducing "Mark Twain - Short Stories"
Dive into the timeless wit and captivating narratives of Mark Twain brought to life in this extraordinary collection of short stories, now available in an engaging digital audiobook format. Step into Twain's world and experience the brilliance of his storytelling with these remarkable tales:
"Californian's Tale" - Immerse yourself in this classic as Twain
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Deutsch
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Mark Twain fragt: War William Shakespeare wirklich der Dichter, für den wir ihn halten?
Ein Dichter ohne Bücher? Ein Autor, der nicht einen Brief schrieb? Ein gefeierter Dramatiker und Schauspieler, an den sich kurz nach seinem Tod schon niemand mehr erinnert? Das Leben eines gewissen William Shakespeare aus dem englischen Provinzort Stratford upon Avon gab dem amerikanischen Literaten und scharfzüngigen Beobachter Mark Twain zu denken. Er besah...
17) Huckleberry Finn
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Deutsch
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Huckleberry Finn knüpft dort an, wo Tom Sawyer aufhört:
Huck, nach dem Abenteuer mit Tom zu Geld gekommen, wohnt bei der Witwe Douglas, die versucht ihn zu "zivilisieren". Von dort wird er von seinem Vater entführt, dem er durch die Vortäuschung seiner eigenen Ermordung entkommt.
Ab diesem Zeitpunkt beginnen seine Abenteuer auf dem Mississippi, zusammen mit dem entlaufenen Sklaven Jim...
Die Produktion wurde im Februar 2006 auf die hr2-Hörbuch-Bestenliste...
18) Huckleberry Finn
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Español
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Huckleberry Finn el muchacho que pudo surgir de Mark Twain.
Los navegantes de los ríos del sur de los Estados Unidos gritaban Mark Twain para indicar que había suficiente profundidad para que sus barcos no encallaran. Mark Twain fue el seudónimo escogido por Samuel Langhorne Clemen para sus cuentos y novelas que retratan con un humor único la vida rural de fines del siglo XIX. El autor fue marinero de rio, periodista y panfletista que con un estilo...
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Deutsch
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Der große amerikanische Schriftsteller ist vor allem für seine Kinderbücher berühmt. Doch gerade auch in seiner kurzen Prosa offenbart sich sein ganzes Können. Eine Auswahl heiterer Meistererzählungen als Hörbuch: Aurelias unglücklicher Brätigam - Ein geheimnisvoller Besuch - Erfahrungen der Familie McWilliams mit der Rachendiphterie - Die Geschichte des Hausierers - Mrs McWilliams beim Gewitter.
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Publisher
Elaine Hidayat
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
This is a story of an African American woman, named "Aunt Rachel," a cook and a servant aged about sixty, who seemed to always be very happy. When she was asked about how she could have lived so long with no trouble, she then told a brief story of her life. Rather humorous and dark, this story revolves around the story of African slavery and her trials and tribulations.