The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain

This unique collection of Twain's essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author's vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" and "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation also includes darker works written in the author's twilight years. These selections illuminate the depth of Twain's artistry, humor, irony, and narrative genius.

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 04/13/2004
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.24w x 0.84d
ISBN13: 9780812971187
ISBN10: 0812971183
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary

About the Author
LAWRRENCE I. BERKOVE, this volume's editor, is a professor of English at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a noted authority on Mark Twain. He has published groundbreaking essays on Twain's major novels, short fiction, travel literature, and religious values.

PETE HAMILL, this volume's introducer, is a journalist, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer, and the author of A Drinking Life: A Memoir and Why Sinatra Matters. His ten novels include Snow in August and Forever. He lives in New York City.