Letters from the Earth - Softcover

Twain, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060803312 ISBN 13: 9780060803315

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1962

Synopsis

A selection of controversial essays and tales by the celebrated American humorist includes: The damned human race, The great dark, Papers of the Adam family, and Letters from the earth

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Review:

If you're already familiar with Finn and Sawyer, perhaps this collection of fragments, short stories, and essays--assembled posthumously some few decades ago now, but still fresh--will enhance your sense of Twain's true range. A particular favorite: his essay "The Damned Human Race," wherein he proves, rather convincingly, that an anaconda snake is a higher form of life than an English Earl.

From the Publisher:

"It's easy to imagine Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) and Carl Reiner as best of friends, had not the one died 10 years before the other was born. Twain would have enjoyed Reiner's work in "Your Show of Shows," "The 2000 Year Old Man," and "The Dick Van Dyke Show," just as Reiner clearly appreciates Twain's humor." Audiofile

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1962
• ISBN 10: 0060803312
• ISBN 13: 9780060803315
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 303