The Complete Short Stories Of Mark Twain (Everyman Library)

作者 Mark Twain著
出版社 Everyman
出版时间 2012年5月
ISBN 9781841593463
定价 220.50

内容简介

MarkTwain'sfamousnovels,TomSawyerandHuckleberryFinn(availableinEveryman)havelongbeenhailedasmajormasterpieces,butitislesswellknownthatthefatherofAmericanliteraturealsomadehismarkasamasteroftheshortstory.Thisistheonlyeditioninhardcoverofhiscompleteshorterfiction:sixtytalesspanningalongcareer-manyrollickinganduproarious,somesombreandevenshocking.Included,ofcourse,aresuchimmortalclassicsas'TheNotoriousJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty'(1865),ahumorouspiecesetinGold-RushCalifornia,whichhelpedestablishtheyoungauthor'sreputation,and'TheManWhoCorruptedHadleyburg'(1899),asatiricalnovellainwhichaself-righteouslyrespectableAmericansmalltownisexposedasafraud.

作者简介

MarkTwainwasthepennameofSamuelLanghorneClemens,borninMissouriin1835.Hewasatypesetter,ariver-boatpilotontheMississippiandagoldprospectorbeforeachievingenormousfameasawriterandpublicspeaker.Onhisdeathin1910PresidentWilliamHowardTaftsaidofhim:"MarkTwaingavepleasure-realintellectualenjoyment-tomillions,andhisworkswillcontinuetogivesuchpleasuretomillionsyettocome...HishumourwasAmerican,buthewasnearlyasmuchappreciatedbyEnglishmenandpeopleofothercountriesasbyhisowncountrymen.HehasmadeanenduringpartofAmericanliterature."

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