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Letters From the Earth.
by TWAIN, Mark (Samuel Clemens). Edited by Bernard DeVoto. With an Introduction by Henry Nash
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1962, Early printing. Priority uncertain. Code L-M on CIP page. Black cloth. Fine in a very near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Fresh copy. Posthumous work from Mark Twain. Dark humor on life, religion, sin and death written after the deaths of his wife and a daughter. Originally slated for publication in 1939, the book was delayed by the objections of his daughter Clara. She relented in 1962. Stinging satire by a master.
Synopsis
Mark Twain's Letters from the Earth is a posthumously published collection of fragments, short stories, and essays. In one tale, The Damned Human Race , Twain proves in a well-formed, comprehensive argument, that an anaconda snake is a higher form of life than English nobility. The title tale, Letters from the Earth , consists of letters written by the archangel Satan to other archangels in Heaven about the ridiculous nature of human religious beliefs.
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- Bookseller
- Orpheus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18493
- Title
- Letters From the Earth.
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark (Samuel Clemens). Edited by Bernard DeVoto. With an Introduction by Henry Nash
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early printing. Priority uncertain. Code L-M on CIP page.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1962,
- Pages
- 303 pages.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Essays; Humor;
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About the Seller
Orpheus Books
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Edmonds, Washington
About Orpheus Books
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