The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories

By Mark Twain

Book Overview

A comprehensive collection of Mark Twain's earlier writings, now in an affordable new edition from Signet Classics. This richly entertaining and comprehensive collection presents sixty-five of the very best of Mark Twain's short pieces, from the classic frontier sketch The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County to the richly imaginative fable Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven. Compiled by Pulitzer Prize-winning Twain scholar and biographer Justin Kaplan, this collection represents some of Mark Twain's wittiest and most insightful writing.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451530160
• ISBN13: 9780451530165
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 4.2" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Classic Mark Twain

This book is a great introduction to the greatest American storyteller of all time. I was fortunate enough to purchase this book when I was a teenager and discovered, for myself, how great of a storyteller Mr. Twain truly was. These stories take us back to a much simpler time of the American Experience in a way that only he can spin. This stories will make you laugh, cry, and grin all at the same time. This paperback edition is small and fits great into a backpack making it a great traveling companion. Enjoy.....