Early Tales and Sketches. Volume 1, Early Tales and Sketches, Volume 1 ; 1851-1864 /

This collection brings together for the first time more than 360 of Mark Twain's short works written between 1851, the year of his first extant sketch, and 1871, when he renounced his ties with the Buffalo Express and the Galaxy, resolving to ";write but little for periodicals hereafter.&q...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Twain, Mark (Autor)
Otros Autores: Branch, Edgar Marquess (Editor ), Hirst, Robert (Editor ), Smith, Harriet E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1979]
Colección:The Works of Mark Twain ; 15
Temas:
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
a duel prevented.
advice to the unreliable on church going.
american authors.
american literature.
an apology repudiated.
buffalo express.
carson city.
classics.
connubial bliss.
dog controversy.
galaxy.
gallant fireman.
hannibal.
how to cure a cold.
humor.
journalism.
juvenilia.
literary criticism.
mark twain.
more ghosts.
nevada.
our stock remarks.
pah utes.
poems.
religion.
samuel clemens.
satire.
short fiction.
short stories.
social commentary.
spanish mine.
speeches.
those blasted children.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Section 1: Hannibal And The River (1851-1861)
  • 1. A Gallant Fireman
  • 2. The Dandy Frightening The Squatter
  • 3. Hannibal, Missouri
  • 4. A Family Muss
  • [The Dog Controversy]
  • 7. Historical Exhibition-A No. 1 Ruse
  • 8. [Blab's Tour]
  • 9. "Connubial Bliss"
  • 10. The Heart's Lament
  • [The "Katie Of H----1" Controversy]
  • 17. Separation
  • 18. "Oh, She Has A Red Head!"
  • 19. The Burial Of Sir Abner Gilstrap, Editor Of The Bloomington "Republican"
  • 20. "Jul'us Caesar"
  • 21. To Mollie
  • 22. "Lines Suggested By A Reminiscence"
  • 23. To Jennie
  • 24. [River Intelligence]
  • 25. [The Mysterious Murders In Risse]
  • 26. [Pilot's Memoranda]
  • 27. [Ghost Life On The Mississippi]
  • Section 2: Nevada Territory (1862-1864)
  • 28. Petrified Man
  • [Two Descents Into The Spanish Mine]
  • 31. The Pah-Utes
  • 32. The Illustrious Departed
  • 33. Our Stock Remarks
  • 34. More Ghosts
  • 35. New Year's Day
  • 36. Unfortunate Thief
  • 37. The Sanitary Ball
  • 38. Due Notice
  • 39. Territorial Sweets
  • 40. Letter From Carson City
  • 41. Letter From Carson
  • 42. Letter From Carson
  • 43. Silver Bars-How Assayed
  • 44. Ye Sentimental Law Student
  • 45. A Sunday In Carson
  • 46. The Unreliable
  • 47. Reportorial
  • 48. Examination Of Teachers
  • 49. City Marshal Perry
  • 50. [Champagne With The Board Of Brokers]
  • 51. Advice To The Unreliable On Church-Going
  • 52. Horrible Affair
  • 53. Letter From Mark Twain
  • 54. "Mark Twain's" Letter
  • 55. "Mark Twain's" Letter
  • 56. A Duel Prevented
  • 57. [An Apology Repudiated]
  • 58. Letter From Mark Twain
  • 59. "Mark Twain's" Letter
  • 60. Unfortunate Blunder
  • 61. Bigler Vs. Tahoe
  • 62. Letter From Mark Twain
  • 63. How To Cure A Cold
  • 64. Mark Twain-More Of Him
  • 65. The Lick House Ball
  • 66. A Bloody Massacre Near Carson
  • 67. Letter From Mark Twain
  • 68. A Tide Of Eloquence
  • 69. Letter From Mark Twain
  • 70. Winters' New House
  • 71. An Excellent School
  • 72. Those Blasted Children
  • 73. Frightful Accident To Dan De Quille
  • 74. [Dan Reassembled]
  • 75. Washoe.-"Information Wanted"
  • Appendixes
  • A. Attributed Items: Hannibal And The River
  • B. Attributed Items: Nevada Territory
  • C. Advertisements, Prefaces, And Contracts
  • Explanatory Notes
  • Textual Introduction
  • Description Of Texts
  • Textual Commentaries, Notes, And Tables
  • Word Division In This Volume
  • Index

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