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This dark story, set in medieval Austria, hinges on unearthly and hidden mental powers. It also gives an insight to the author's psyche during his final days.

The other stories in this edition include "The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg", "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", "The Story of the Bad Little Boy", "The Diary of Adam and Eve", "Edward Mills and George Benton", "The Joke That Made Ed's Fortune", and "A Fable".

This audiobook is about a boy named Tom who gets into trouble but is also very clever. Tom is adventurous. Tom and some of his friends sneak away to an island while folks back home look for them.

בעיר העתיקה לונדון נולד ביום סתוי אחד תינוק בשם טום קנטי, בן למשפחה עניה שלא רצתה בו. באותו יום בדיוק נולד ילד אחר למשפחה אחרת שדוקא רצתה בו מאוד. זה היה אדוארד...

האקלברי פין, ילד הטבע והנהר, חי וקיים זה 120 שנה, והספר הנפלא, המשעשע והסאטירי, היה זה מכבר ליצירת מופת קלאסית בת-אלמוות. לראשונה בעברית: תרגום מלא, עשיר ומהימן לספר...

"הוא לא היה הילד לדוגמה של העיירה. אבל הוא הכיר את הילד לדוגמה היטב - ותיעב אותו." מי מאיתנו לא רצה להיות טום סוייר בילדותו? הנער השובב, החכם וכובש הלב שיצר מארק...

Huck Finn fährt also mit Tom Sawyer zu Tante Sally und Onkel Silas nach Arkansas. Schon auf dem Mississippi-Dampfschiff haben die beiden eine unheimliche Begegnung: Der tot geglaubte Jake Dunlap ist an Bord des Schiffes. Kurze Zeit später wird Jakes Zwillingsbruder umgebracht, und Toms Onkel gesteht den Mord. Tom versteht zunächst gar nichts. Aber dann beginnt er den Fall Stück für Stück aufzudröseln.

The late 19th Century was a time of liberation. After the collapse of empires, people of all creeds demanded their equality. We begin with two speeches that represent the old order, by Bismarck. Between the two speeches he went from being Prussia’s last Minister President to being the Germany’s first Chancellor. A statesman in the oldest mold, he argues for nationalist dominance against forces temporal and religious.

The American Claimant is a comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches - fertile and familiar Mark Twain territory. Its cast of characters include an American enamored of British hereditary aristocracy and a British earl entranced by American democracy. A unique melange of science fiction and fantasy, romance, farce, and political satire, Twain's least-known comic novel is both thought-provoking and entertaining.

Christian Science is a collection of essays Twain wrote about Christian science, beginning with an article that was published in Cosmopolitan in 1899. Although Twain was interested in mental healing and the ideas behind Christian Science, he was hostile towards its founder, Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910). A humorous work of fiction, it describes how he fell over a cliff while walking in Austria, breaking several bones. A Christian Science practitioner who lived nearby was sent for, but could not attend immediately and so undertook to provide an "absent healing."

The Mysterious Stranger was published posthumously in 1916. At the time of writing, Twain had suffered a series of physical, economic, and emotional losses. In this chilling tale, a stranger named Satan visits an old Austrian town to convince the religious faithful that there is no God, and “nothing exists; all is a dream.”

The classic travelogue of one of America's most famous authors, Following the Equator was written when Twain had fallen on hard times. At the time, Twain found himself compelled to take a tour of the British Empire in 1895 and write about it. This account of that trip, published in 1897, is a classic example of Twain's ever-vigilant observational wit. He addresses ever timely topics such as racism, imperialism, and religion.

A veritable library of listening in this splendid collection of American Short Stories! This boxed set includes all stories from Volumes 1, 2 and 3.

At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson a young female slave, fearing for her infant son's life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master's, leading to a novel whose plot rages as a savage indictment of racial prejudice and slavery. Written in 1894, Pudd'nhead Wilson is full of characteristic Twain humor and stands as a gem among the author's later works.

In Tom Sawyer, Detective, Tom attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this satirical take on the immensely popular detective novels of the 1800s. Like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the story is told in the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn.

One of the greatest satires in American literature, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court begins when Hank Morgan, a skilled mechanic in a nineteenth-century New England arms factory, who is struck on the head during a quarrel and awakens to find himself among the knights and magicians of King Arthur's Camelot. The 'Yankee' vows brashly to "boss the whole country inside of three weeks" and embarks on an ambitious plan to modernize Camelot with 19th century industrial inventions.

This is a rare non-fiction autobiographical story by Mark Twain in which he talks about his early days of riding on a steamboat throughout the Mississippi River. His experiences on this river would later help him write his famous fictional stories including the characters of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

Chapters from My Autobiography is a collection of twenty-five pieces of autobiographical work published by American author Mark Twain in the North American Review between September 1906 and December 1907. Rather than following the standard form of an autobiography, they comprise a typically Twain-esque collection of rambling anecdotes and ruminations.

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Mark Twains's greatest works: 12 novels; over 120 of his beloved short stories; Chapters From My Autobiography; 5 pieces of short non-fiction; and 6 pieces of his groundbreaking, wide-ranging travel writing.

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of over 120 of Twain's inventive, humorous, and most-loved short stories.

This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of Mark Twain's 5 most inventive and humorous travel monologues.