The Prince and the Pauper is a novel 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: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. Tom Canty, youngest son of a poor family livi...

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. The book begins with a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1541. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclop...

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is the Mark Twain short story that made America's premier humorist famous.-Twain’s language of one hundred and fifty years ago has been extensively modernized.-A short Introduction and Commentary are included.-Every effort has been made to keep the text as close to the original text as possible.-Some of Twain's misspellings have been kept as they are integral to Twain's colorful language.-Modern reade...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was written by Mark Twain and first published in 1889. This tells the tale of a 19th-century citizen of Hartford, Connecticut who awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur in AD 528.

Mark Twain’s classic coming-of-age novel about innocence, courage, and the mischievous young boy whose misadventures continue to delight generations of readers—with an afterword by Alfred KazinNominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read“Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I hope it will not be shunned by men and women on that account, for part of my p...

CONTENTS: 1. The Gilded Age: A Tale Of Today 2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3. The Prince and the Pauper 4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 5. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 6. The American Claimant 7. Tom Sawyer Abroad 8. Pudd'nhead Wilson 9. Tom Sawyer, Detective 10. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc 11. A Horse's Tale 12. The Mysterious Stranger 13. A Double Barreled Detective Story (BONUS)

A runaway boy. A fugitive slave. A river that carries them toward freedom—and into unforgettable adventures. First published in 1884, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain's masterpiece and one of the most important works in American literature. Narrated by the mischievous yet honest Huck Finn, the novel follows his daring escape from a life of cruelty and conformity. Teaming up with Jim, an enslaved man fleeing bondage, Huck drifts down the mighty Mississippi River, encountering...

e-artnow presents to you the greatest Christmas novels, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As J...

The novel concerns the efforts of a poor rural family to become affluent by selling in a timely manner the 75,000 acres (300 km2) of unimproved land acquired by their patriarch, Silas "Si" Hawkins. After several adventures in Tennessee, the family fails to sell the land and Si Hawkins dies.

Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual—he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture.The odd superstitions touched upon were all prevalent among children and slaves in the West at the period of this story—that is ...

In this classic story, Mark Twain re-created a long-ago world of freshly whitewashed fences and Sunday school picnics into which sordid characters and violent incidents sometimes intruded. The tale powerfully appeals to both adult and young imaginations. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn had the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine—racing bugs during class, impressing g...

"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."From the sun‑drenched banks of the Mississippi and the timeless adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, the far‑flung kingdoms and the whimsical time‑bending of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, to the biting social satire of The Gilded Age, this comprehensive collection of unabridged recordings of Mark Twain's twelve novels is a celebration of storytelling at...