Mark Twain's Library of Humor: Originally Illustrated - Rilegato

Twain, Mark

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ISBN 10: 1646795784 ISBN 13: 9781646795789

Casa editrice: Cosimo Classics, 1888

Riassunto

"Now if there is any one class of their authors whom the American people do know rather better than any other, it is the American humorists, from Washington Irving to Bill Nye... We have tried to arrange our Library so as to include passages representative of every period and section."

-The Associate Editors in the modern Introduction to Mark Twain's Library of Humor (1888)

Mark Twain's Library of Humor (1875) is a collection of short humorous stories compiled by Mark Twain, including his own essays and those of other popular contemporary writers, such as Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ambrose Bierce, and many others.

This jacketed hardcover replica of the 1888 edition of Mark Twain's Library of Humor, with the authentic illustrations by E. W. Kemble, is an entertaining and humorous book for book lovers and Mark Twain aficionados.

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Informazioni sull?autore

MARK TWAIN (1835-1910), pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer who became one of America's greatest and most popular writers. Twain was born in Florida, Missouri, and grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, the state which influenced much of his writing. Twain acquired fame for his travel stories such as Life on the Mississippi (1883), and for his boyhood adventure novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cosimo Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1888
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1646795784
• ISBN 13: 9781646795789
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Disegnatore: Kemble E W
• Numero di pagine: 734
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile