Collected Nonfiction of Mark Twain, Volume 2: Selections from

Collected Nonfiction of Mark Twain, Volume 2: Selections from the Memoirs and Travel Writings; Introduction by Richard Russo (Everyman's Library Classics Series)

The second of two hardcover volumes collecting the major nonfiction by the "father of American literature," includingÂ excerpts from The Innocents Abroad, Roughing It, A Tramp Abroad,Â andÂ Life on the Mississippi.Â

Twainâ€™s playful exuberance and remarkable storytelling gifts are on full display as he regales readers with real-life adventures in these rollicking, shrewd, and hilarious autobiographical works. In these pages, we follow him through his stint as a fledgling reporter out West to his attempt to navigate a steamboat on the Mississippi River, and all during his experiences as an irreverent and skeptical traveler through Europe and the Holy Land. Gleefully iconoclastic, whether he is puncturing the pretensions of others or aiming his satirical barbs squarely at himself, Twain also proves to be deeply compassionate, as fierce in his condemnation of injustice as he is skillful in mining the humor in human folly. Long hailed as â€œthe Lincoln of our literature,â€ Twain harbored as rich and fertile a blend of contradictions as the dynamic nation he came to embodyâ€”and define.
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2016-11-15
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781101907726

Country	USA
Brand	Everyman's Library
Manufacturer	Everyman's Library
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2016-11-15
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781101907726

Collected Nonfiction of Mark Twain, Volume 2: Selections from the Memoirs and Travel Writings; Introduction by Richard Russo (Everyman's Library Classics Series)

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