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The book ""Essays On Paul Bourget"" is a collection of essays written by the renowned American author, Mark Twain. The essays are centered on the works of the French novelist, Paul Bourget, and offer a critical analysis of his writing style and themes. Mark Twain's essays are... Read Full Overview

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the... Read Full Overview

Bourget, who had abandoned Catholicism in 1867, began a gradual return to it in 1889, fully converting only in 1901. In 1893, in an interview he gave in America, he spoke about his changed views: "For many years I, like most young men in modern cities, was content to drift along... Read Full Overview

The book ""Essays on Paul Bourget"" by Mark Twain is a collection of essays that explores the works and ideas of French author Paul Bourget. Twain, a renowned American author, shares his opinions and critiques of Bourget's literary works and his views on various social and cultural... Read Full Overview

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author andhumorist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter... Read Full Overview

""Essays on Paul Bourget"" is a collection of literary critiques by renowned American author Mark Twain. The book includes several essays on the works of French writer Paul Bourget, who was known for his psychological novels and essays. Twain's essays analyze Bourget's writing... Read Full Overview

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He reports the American joke correctly. In Boston they ask, How much does he know? in New York, How much is he worth? in Philadelphia, Who were his parents? And when an alien observer turns his telescope upon us--advertisedly in our own special interest--a natural apprehension... Read Full Overview