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1) The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

Author

Twain, Mark

Series

A Signet classic

Language

English

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Antislavery novel in which a mulatto slave switches her newborn son with the son of her master and is undiscovered until the boys reach manhood and a murder is committed.

2) The prince and the pauper: a tale for young people of all ages

Author

Twain, Mark

Series

Complete works of Mark Twain. American artists edition volume 21
Rainbow classics
Mark Twain library
World's best reading

Language

English

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When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life.

3) The adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade)

Author

Twain, Mark

Series

Enriched classics
Chatham River Press classics
Barnes and Noble classics
Silver classic

Language

English

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A nineteenth-century boy, floating down the Mississippi River on a raft with a runaway slave, becomes involved with a feuding family, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt, who mistakes him for Tom.

4) The purloining of Prince Oleomargarine

Author

Twain, Mark

Pub. Date

[2017]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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"Based on a set of unfinished Mark Twain notes for a children's story, this is the tale of Johnny, a young boy with a magical ability to speak to animals who sets off to rescue a stolen prince"--

5) The Speculative Fiction of Mark Twain

Author

Twain, Mark

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

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Although best known for his novels, Mark Twain was a prolific writer of short stories, many of which involved elements of science fiction -- and this compilation highlights his finest works of speculative fiction. Twain applies his wit and imagination to the spinning of tales about mental telepathy, instantaneous communication, alternative histories, and utopian worlds. The collection begins with Twain ' s first science fiction story, an 1862 piece...

6) The selected letters of Mark Twain

Author

Twain, Mark

Pub. Date

[1982]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

7) The Novels of Mark Twain: Volume One :The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, and Pudd'nhead Wilson

Author

Twain, Mark

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

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These four timeless classics of American fiction explore the trials of growing up and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century American life. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : Escaping society, Huckleberry Finn and a runaway slave named Jim take a log raft down the Mississippi River. Their adventures draw them closer together until Huck must make a fateful choice between Jim's freedom and his own salvation. One of the first major novels written in...

8) The Novels of Mark Twain: Volume Two :A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A Tramp Abroad, and Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Author

Twain, Mark

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

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These three novels by the great American satirist transport readers across the ocean to Europe and back in time to Camelot and the Hundred Years' War. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court : A supervisor at a firearms factory in Hartford, Connecticut, Hank Morgan inexplicably finds himself transported back in time to Camelot. Worse still, he is brought before the Round Table and sentenced to burn at the stake. Will Hank die at the hands of King...

9) The innocents abroad or The new pilgrims' progress ; being some account of the steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land

Author

Twain, Mark

Series

World's best reading

Language

English

10) The portable Mark Twain

Author

Twain, Mark

Series

Viking portable library

Language

English

11) James: a novel

Author

Everett, Percival

Language

English

Appears on list

NYT - Hardcover Fiction

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...