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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories

Twain, Mark

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HumorClassic FictionGeneral Fiction

ISBN10: 1720441723
ISBN13: 9781720441724
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 29 2018
Pages: 418
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Legendary author Mark Twain presents a collection of essays, stories, and assorted other pieces, ranging from creative fantasies about a conman swindling a town of puritans to recounts of his short-lived adventures at soldiering to his opinion of Christian Scientists. A nice collection of very well told tales from yesteryear. the entire arsenal of his art: the occasionally reckless polemic, the derisive irony, the intelligent laughter, the verbal stilettos, the blunt country humor, the fervent despair, the hidden jeer, the relishing of palaver and tall tale, the impatient worldliness, and the brilliant forays of language. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, a dark and riveting dissection of a town's hypocrisy, vanity, and misplaced pride, is one of Twain's most ingenious and memorable stories. Whether anatomizing the dynamics of anti-Semitism in Concerning the Jews or Stirring Times in Austria, or looking back on his personal literary odyssey in My Début as a Literary Person, Twain is lively and engaging. This volume also contains My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It, a remarkable essay that begins lightly, but soon turns into a razor sharp attack on humanity's indifference to injustice.

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