Mark Twain
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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The Innocents Abroad - Volume 02 by Mark Twain
The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City (formerly USS Quaker City) through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867. It was the bestselling of Twain's works during his lifetime and...
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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"Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses" is an essay by Mark Twain, written as a satire and criticism of the writings of James Fenimore Cooper. Cooper was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune. Twain draws on examples from The Deerslayer and The Pathfinder from Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. The...
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Extracts from Adam's Diary, translated from the original ms" by Mark Twain. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic...
27) Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America?s Most-Revered Humorist
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Skyhorse
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2014
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English
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Revered as one of America's greatest humorists and author of the Great American Novel" (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), the words of Samuel Langhorne Clemens—more commonly known as Mark Twain—resonate as strongly today as they did when he wrote them more than a century ago. A close friend of Nikola Tesla and heralded by William Faulkner as the father of American literature," Twain's wit, wisdom, and influence continues...