Title The $30,000 bequest and other stories / Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Frederick Busch ; afterword, Judith Yaross Lee.

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New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

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Description	xlv, iv, 522, 29 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series	The Oxford Mark Twain
	Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Works. 1996.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	The $30,000 bequest -- A dog's tale -- Was it heaven? or hell? -- The Californian's tale -- A helpless situation -- A telephonic conversation -- Edward Mills and George Benton: a tale -- Saint Joan of Arc -- The five boons of life -- The first writing-machines -- Italian without a master -- Italian with grammar -- A burlesque biography -- General Washington's negro body-servant -- Wit inspirations of the "two-year-olds" -- An entertaining article -- A letter to the Secretary of the Treasury -- Amended obituaries -- A monument to Adam -- A humane word from Satan -- Introduction to "The new guide of the conversation in Portuguese and English -- Advice to little girls -- Post-mortem poetry -- A deception -- The danger of lying in bed -- Portrait of King William III -- Does the race of man love a lord? -- Eve's diary -- The invalid's story -- The captain's story -- Mark Twain: a biographical sketch -- In memoriam -- The belated Russian passport -- Two little tales -- Diplomatic pay and clothes -- Extracts from Adam's diary -- The death disk -- A double-barreled detective story.
Form	Also issued online.
Summary	Introduction by Frederick Busch. Afterword by Judith Yaross Lee.
Subject	United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
	Humorous stories, American.
	Humorous stories, American. (OCoLC)fst00963821
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
	Humorous fiction.
Genre/Form	Short stories (OCoLC)fst01726740
	Humorous fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726649
	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Humorous fiction.
	Short stories.
Added Title	Thirty thousand dollar bequest and other stories
Other Form:	Online version: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. $30,000 bequest and other stories. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996 (OCoLC)645929819
ISBN	0195101464
	9780195101461
	019511423X (lib. ed. : acid-free paper)
	9780195114232 (lib. ed. : acid-free paper)
	0195090888 (trade ed. set : acid-free paper)
	9780195090888 (trade ed. set : acid-free paper)
	0195113454 (lib. ed. set : acid-free paper)
	9780195113457 (lib. ed. set : acid-free paper)

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