The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories
by TWAIN, MARK
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0451516516
- ISBN 13
- 9780451516510
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Signet Classis/New American Library/Penguin Putnam Publishers, 1962. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Mass Market Paperback of these Classic Tales by the eminent American author, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910). in Good Condition. Foreword by Edmund Reiss. "The Mysterious Stranger" is not humorous but "stands at the end of a long line of --" at least partially jocular stories--it is bitter and scornful, misanthropic even. The other stories here included are "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", "The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut", "The Stolen White Elephant, Luck", The $1,000,000 Bank-Note", The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg", and The Five Boons of Life, Was It Heaven? or Hell?". 253 pages. 7 x 4 inches. 1962, New American LIbrary, New York, New York, USA. .
Synopsis
Nine tales showcase Twain's wit as he skewers greed and hypocrisyand makes a memorable, tormenting statement on evil.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023031
- Title
- The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories
- Author
- TWAIN, MARK
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451516516
- ISBN 13
- 9780451516510
- Publisher
- Signet Classis/New American Library/Penguin Putnam Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Keywords
- 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE COMEDY HUMOR SATIRE INJUSTICE FANTASY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Classics;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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