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Portable Mark Twain by Mark Twain (2004, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Title: The Portable Mark Twain. Author: Twain, Mark (Author), Quirk, Tom (Editor), Quirk, Tom (Introduction by). Number of Pages: 579. Weight: 0.95 lbs. Publication Date: 2004-11-30. Publisher: Penguin Group.

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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100142437751

ISBN-139780142437759

eBay Product ID (ePID)30787731

Product Key Features

Book TitlePortable Mark Twain

Number of Pages640 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

TopicClassics, American / General, Literary, Humorous / General

GenreFiction, Literary Collections

AuthorMark Twain

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-057341

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Reviews"Trying to put your arms around Mark Twain is like trying to embrace the Mississippi. He is endless. This Portable , however, should open his richness to the new reader and remind the older ones of the wealth they may have forgotten. Reading him again is like biting into fresh bread." -Arthur Miller "An indispensable anthology of America's indispensable author." -Justin Kaplan "If you need a good solid comprehensive handful of Mark Twain to keep with you-and who doesn't?-this is it." -Roy Blount, Jr. "If this isn't the thoughtfulest and usefulest hand-tooled gilt-edged one-volume Twain, I am a horned toad." -Frederick Crews, "Trying to put your arms around Mark Twain is like trying to embrace the Mississippi. He is endless. This Portable , however, should open his richness to the new reader and remind the older ones of the wealth they may have forgotten. Reading him again is like biting into fresh bread." --Arthur Miller "An indispensable anthology of America's indispensable author." --Justin Kaplan "If you need a good solid comprehensive handful of Mark Twain to keep with you--and who doesn't?--this is it." --Roy Blount, Jr. "If this isn't the thoughtfulest and usefulest hand-tooled gilt-edged one-volume Twain, I am a horned toad." --Frederick Crews, An indispensable anthology of America''s indispensable author. (Justin Kaplan) If you need a good solid comprehensive handful of Mark Twain to keep with you--and who doesn''t?--this is it. (Roy Blount, Jr.), If you need a good solid comprehensive handful of Mark Twain to keep with you--and who doesn't?--this is it. (Roy Blount, Jr.), An indispensable anthology of America's indispensable author. (Justin Kaplan) If you need a good solid comprehensive handful of Mark Twain to keep with you--and who doesn't?--this is it. (Roy Blount, Jr.), "Trying to put your arms around Mark Twain is like trying to embrace the Mississippi. He is endless. This Portable , however, should open his richness to the new reader and remind the older ones of the wealth they may have forgotten. Reading him again is like biting into fresh bread."--Arthur Miller "An indispensable anthology of America's indispensable author." --Justin Kaplan "If you need a good solid comprehensive handful of Mark Twain to keep with you--and who doesn't?--this is it." --Roy Blount, Jr. "If this isn't the thoughtfulest and usefulest hand-tooled gilt-edged one-volume Twain, I am a horned toad." --Frederick Crews, "Trying to put your arms around Mark Twain is like trying to embrace the Mississippi. He is endless. This Portable , however, should open his richness to the new reader and remind the older ones of the wealth they may have forgotten. Reading him again is like biting into fresh bread." --Arthur Miller "An indispensable anthology of America's indispensable author." --Justin Kaplan "If you need a good solid comprehensive handful of Mark Twain to keep with you--and who doesn't?--this is it." --Roy Blount, Jr. "If this isn't the thoughtfulest and usefulest hand-tooled gilt-edged one-volume Twain, I am a horned toad." --Frederick Crews

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal817.44

Grade ToUP

SynopsisSatirist, novelist, and keen observer of the American scene, Mark Twain remains one of the world's best-loved writers. This delightful collection of Twain's favorite and most memorable writings includes selected tales and sketches such as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, How I Edited an Agricultural Journal Once, Jim Baker's Blue-Jay Yarn, and A True Story . It also features excerpts from his novels and travel books (including Roughing It, The Innocents Abroad , and Life on the Mississippi , among others; autobiographical and polemical writings; as well as selected letters and speeches. The collection also reprints the complete text of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , including the often omitted raftsmen passage. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

LC Classification NumberPS1302.Q56 2004