Digireads.com Classic: The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (Paperback)

from sgerbic

Reviewed March - August 2000 As the title tells us this is Mark Twain's entire collection of short stories written between 1865 and 1916. Some of his stories are wonderfully funny and witty. "Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening," "A Stolen White Elephant," "The Diary of Adam and Eve," "The Joke th...

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This was a great collection. Mark Twain's prowess with the written word is unparalleled during his period in American literature. The stories resonate with meaning, at times simplicity, power, originality, and perfected description and dialogue. Although there is certain padding in some, and othe...

from blake.rosser

A lot of material, and I chose to tackle it in chunks over a couple months because otherwise the stories got monotonous. There are some real gems among these 60: a hilarious lambast of Niagara tourism in "A Day at Niagara;" poking fun at feminine hysterics in "Experience of the McWilliamses with ...

from JBD1

Some of these are absolutely hysterical. They're not all great, but the vast majority are.

from JBD1

Some of these are absolutely hysterical. They're not all great, but the vast majority are.