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Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven was published as a Christmas gift book in October 1909, six months before Twain's death. Combining science fiction with a satiric look at conventional views of the afterlife, Twain delivers an amusing and trenchant commentary... Read Full Overview

Extracts from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven was the last story published by the famous author Mark Twain in his lifetime. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his cosmic journey through heaven. Through his travels, much by his own design, he meets several celebrities,... Read Full Overview

Combining science fiction with a satiric look at conventional views of the afterlife, Twain delivers an amusing and trenchant commentary on human vanity.

Extract From Captain Stormfield�������s Visit To Heaven is a satirical short story written by Mark Twain in 1909. The story follows the journey of Captain Stormfield, a seasoned sailor who dies and finds himself in heaven. However,... Read Full Overview

The last story published by Twain, in 1909, tells of Captain Elias Stormfield's journey to heaven and his experiences there. This irreverent satire punctures conventional religious views of the afterlife and delivers a sharp critique of so-called human virtues-which are often... Read Full Overview

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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

Well, when I had been dead about thirty years I begun to get a little anxious. Mind you, had been whizzing through space all that time, like a comet. LIKE a comet Why, Peters, I laid over the lot of them Of course there warn't any of them going my way, as a steady thing, you... Read Full Overview

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The book "" Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations... Read Full Overview

""Extract From Captain Stormfield's Visit To Heaven"" is a short story by the renowned American author Mark Twain. The story is set in the afterlife and follows the adventures of Captain Stormfield, a seasoned sailor who has just arrived in heaven. As he explores this new world,... Read Full Overview

"Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" is a short story written by American writer Mark Twain. It first appeared in print in Harper's Magazine in December 1907 and January 1908, and was published in book form with some revisions in 1909.

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. He is most noted for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics... Read Full Overview

Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven is a short story written by American writer Mark Twain. It first appeared in print in Harper's Magazine in December 1907 and January 1908, and was published in book form with some revisions in 1909. This was the last story published by Twain... Read Full Overview