| Description |
viii, 274 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches -- Indeterminacy and "The Celebrated Jumping Frog" -- Sketches, New and Old -- "True Story" and "Some Learned Fables, for Good Old Boys and Girls" -- Stolen White Elephant, Etc -- Seeing the Elephant? "The Stolen White Elephant" -- Merry Tales and The [pound]1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories -- "Private History of a Campaign That Failed" -- Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stones and Essays -- Carnival in "Stirring Times in Austria" and "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" -- $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories -- Comic Intentions in "A Double-Barreled Detective Story." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Humorous stories, American -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
081223622X alkaline paper |
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