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The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mark Twain
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Edited by Lawrence Berkove
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Introduction by Pete Hamill
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| Series | Modern Library Classics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:400 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 202,Width 132 |
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| Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Short stories |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780812971187
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| Classifications | Dewey:813.4 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | General | |
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| Illustrations |
23 B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Random House USA Inc
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| Imprint |
Modern Library Inc
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| Publication Date |
13 April 2004 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
This unique collection of Twain's essential short stories and
Author Biography
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.
Reviews"I like a good story told well. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself."
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