Mark Twain
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Desperate to escape his abusive father and the constraints of the civilized life, young Huck Finn fakes his death and, with the help of his slave friend Jim, embarks on a vagabond life rafting down the Mississippi River. Yet life is anything but carefree for Huck and Jim. Their travels bring them into contact with scores of rogues, rascals, ruffians, hucksters, and law-abiding citizens who would as soon seen Jim returned to his owners and Huck to...
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"The most impressive contribution to books by Mark Twain since The Mysterious Stranger of 1916...The attitude is that of Swift, the intellectual contempt is that of Voltaire, and the imagination is that of one of the great masters of American writing."—New York Times Book Review
Virtually none of the material in Letters from the Earth was published in Twain's lifetime and the manuscript was only approved by his executors
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The Huck Finn of foreign correspondents provides a colorful account of old Honolulu, the island nobility, the City of Refuge on the Kona coast, and the active volcano of Kilauea. These selections of Mark Twain's newspaper dispatches are both charming and informative. The light touch of the great humorist is seldom missing as he reveals the "loveliest fleet of islands that lie anchored in any ocean." This recording evokes the historical era with the...
4) Eve's Diary
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Though known for his classic novels of adventure and coming of age, Mark Twain is equally esteemed for his short stories, which abound with the colorful characters and often comic antics readers have come to expect from his longer works. Included here is "Eve's Diary," the comic tale of Eve, the first woman in the Judeao-Christian creation story. Written in diary form, Eve offers a first-person account of her relationship with Adam, life in Eden,...
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Mark Twain fragt: War William Shakespeare wirklich der Dichter, für den wir ihn halten?
Ein Dichter ohne Bücher? Ein Autor, der nicht einen Brief schrieb? Ein gefeierter Dramatiker und Schauspieler, an den sich kurz nach seinem Tod schon niemand mehr erinnert? Das Leben eines gewissen William Shakespeare aus dem englischen Provinzort Stratford upon Avon gab dem amerikanischen Literaten und scharfzüngigen Beobachter Mark Twain zu denken. Er besah...
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Cannibalism In The Cars is a short story by Mark Twain which satires the political system of the US. The story is about a group of men trapped in a train during a snow storm. After a week, the men know that they must resort to cannibalism for survival. They hold ineffective elections, and are so formal that they even follow parliamentary procedure. The ridiculousness of these election can be shown through the following quote: "...Mr. Harris was elected,...
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An unforgettable collection of some of his most witty, passionate, fiery, and profound writings. Included here are the best of Twain's short stories, memoirs, letters, and speeches, from 'The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' to 'The Report of My Death,' and many other classic examples of his prodigious talent.
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Huckleberry Finn knüpft dort an, wo Tom Sawyer aufhört:
Huck, nach dem Abenteuer mit Tom zu Geld gekommen, wohnt bei der Witwe Douglas, die versucht ihn zu "zivilisieren". Von dort wird er von seinem Vater entführt, dem er durch die Vortäuschung seiner eigenen Ermordung entkommt.
Ab diesem Zeitpunkt beginnen seine Abenteuer auf dem Mississippi, zusammen mit dem entlaufenen Sklaven Jim...
Die Produktion wurde im Februar 2006 auf die hr2-Hörbuch-Bestenliste...
10) Huckleberry Finn
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Huckleberry Finn el muchacho que pudo surgir de Mark Twain.
Los navegantes de los ríos del sur de los Estados Unidos gritaban Mark Twain para indicar que había suficiente profundidad para que sus barcos no encallaran. Mark Twain fue el seudónimo escogido por Samuel Langhorne Clemen para sus cuentos y novelas que retratan con un humor único la vida rural de fines del siglo XIX. El autor fue marinero de rio, periodista y panfletista que con un estilo...
11) The Bee
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A humorous, whimsical, and brutally honest close up into the life of a bee. A classic short story by Mark Twain. Narrated by Lavender Hart.
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Young Lord Berkeley has discovered that his family's title and wealth was fraudulently obtained by previous generations, and announces to his father, Lord Rossmore, that he intends to travel to America, there to return the Earldom of Rossmore to the rightful heir, along with all of its wealth, titles, and privilege, and to begin his life over again-"begin it right-begin it on the level of mere manhood, unassisted by factitious aids, and succeed or...
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The death of Mark Twain's daughter, Jean Clemens, occurred early in the morning of December 24, 1909. A few hours later, Twain was writing steadily. "I am setting it down," he said, "everything. It is a relief to me to write it. It furnishes me an excuse for thinking." Four hours later he said, "I have finished it... some day - at the proper time - it can end my autobiography. It is the final chapter." Four months later -almost to the day - (April...
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As a cub river pilot, one of Mark Twain's masters was a pilot named George Ealer, who recited Shakespeare by the hour - from memory - and who was a virulent opponent of the notion that the Shakespeare plays and poems were in truth written by Sir Francis Bacon. At first, young Sam Clemens agreed with his teacher and boss, but he soon realized that it was no fun for the pilot to argue with someone who agreed with him all of the time. And so, young Sam...
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The Mysterious Stranger is a novel by the American author Mark Twain. It tells the tale of three boys, Theodor, Seppi, and Nikolaus, who live relatively happy simple lives in a remote Austrian village called Eseldorf in 1590, and their meeting with a handsome stranger who, unknown to the boys, is Satan incarnate.
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The fascinating life of storyteller and humorist Mark Twain is revealed in this one man performance based on Twain's writings. The early years of Samuel Clemens, the Mississippi River experiences, and his move to the silver mining area of Nevada are portrayed by exuberant actor McAvoy Layne. Some of the most famous tales, from The Blue Jay Yarn to The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County are woven into the history of this most colorful author....
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When Mark Twain's daughter Susie wrote a letter to Santa Claus, her father wrote back, signing Santa's name. Charming and heartwarming, this version of the short letter was recorded as part of Dreamscape's Classic Christmas Stories: A Collection of Timeless Holiday Tales.
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Though known for his classic novels of adventure and coming of age, Mark Twain is equally esteemed for his short stories, which abound with the colorful characters and often comic antics readers have come to expect from his longer works. Included here are two of his most beloved short stories: "The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn't Come to Grief" and "The Story of the Good Little Boy Who Did Not Prosper." Proceeds from sale of this title go to...
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Der große amerikanische Schriftsteller ist vor allem für seine Kinderbücher berühmt. Doch gerade auch in seiner kurzen Prosa offenbart sich sein ganzes Können. Eine Auswahl heiterer Meistererzählungen als Hörbuch: Aurelias unglücklicher Brätigam - Ein geheimnisvoller Besuch - Erfahrungen der Familie McWilliams mit der Rachendiphterie - Die Geschichte des Hausierers - Mrs McWilliams beim Gewitter.
20) What Is Man?
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Locked in his desk for 25 years, What Is Man? was Twain's most serious, philosophical, and private work. The narrative appears in the form of a Socratic dialogue between a romantic young idealist and an elderly cynic. The pair debate issues of mankind, such as whether man is free to act or is more of a machine, whether personal merit is meaningless given how the environment shapes us, and if man truly has impulses other than to pursue pleasure and...