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Tom Sawyer Abroad is a novel by Mark Twain published in 1894. It features Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in a parody of adventure stories like those of Jules Verne.

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". In it, the narrator retells …

Following the Equator is a non-fiction travelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary" typesetting machine. In an attempt to extricate himself from debt of $100,000 he undertook a tour of the British Empire in 1895, a …

"A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage" is a short story written by Mark Twain in 1876. It was published in a very small, unauthorized edition in 1945, with an authorized edition not appearing until 2001. Initially Twain proposed to William Dean Howells that they entice twelve authors, including himself, to each write a …

"The War Prayer," a short story or prose poem by Mark Twain, is a scathing indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic and religious fervor as motivations for war. The structure of the work is simple: An unnamed country goes to war, and patriotic citizens attend a church service for soldiers who have been …

『不思議な少年』は、マーク・トウェインの小説。作者が晩年に感じていたというペシミズムを前面に打ち出した内容となっている。

『ハックルベリー・フィンの冒険』は、マーク・トウェインことサミュエル・クレメンズにより1885年に発表された、最初のグレート・アメリカン・ノベルとして一般には知られている。また本書は、トム・ソーヤーの親友であるハックルベリー・フィンによって語られる、方言あるいは話し言葉で書かれた最初の小説の一つである。この作品は1885年2月18日に初版が出版された。 …