Mark Twain

A stirring account of America's vanished past... The book that earned Mark Twain his first recognition as a serious writer... Discover the magic of life on the Mississippi. At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Mark Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous …

The Innocents Abroad is one of the most prominent and influential travel books ever written about Europe and the Holy Land. In it, the collision of the American “New Barbarians” and the European “Old World” provides much comic fodder for Mark Twain—and a remarkably perceptive lens on the human condition. Gleefully …

At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson a young slave woman, fearing for her infant's son's life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master's. From this rather simple premise Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny, yet biting novels. On its surface, Pudd'nhead Wilson possesses all the elements …

Originally written for children and first published in 1881, Twain's delightful satire of England's past will amuse listeners young and old alike. The Prince and the Pauper relates the hilarious adventures of Tom Canty, a ragged street urchin who bears a striking resemblance to Edward VI, son of Henry VIII. Longing to …

Along with Blake and Dickens, Mark Twain was one of the nineteenth century’s greatest chroniclers of childhood. These two novels reveal different aspects of his genius: Tom Sawyer is a much-loved story about the sheer pleasure of being a boy; Huckleberry Finn, the book Hemingway said was the source of all the American …

Az Egy jenki Arthur király udvarában című regény Mark Twain műve.

A Tom Sawyer kalandjai Mark Twain 1876-ban megjelent könyve. A regénybeli kitalált szereplő a nevét egy valódi Tom Sawyer nevű fiúról kapta, akivel az író San Franciscóban került ismeretségbe, mikor ott újságíróként dolgozott. Maga a szereplő három fiú keveréke, akikkel Twain együtt nőtt fel. A főhős Twain több más …

A Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain műve, a Tom Sawyer kalandjai c. könyvének a folytatása.