The Oxford Mark Twain (Full Set)

by Fishkin, Shelley Fisher

• ISBN13: 9780199733491
• ISBN10: 019973349X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Colorful, irreverent, romantic, skeptical, a master of comic asides, a bittersweet humorist, and an unflinching critic of human pretensions, Mark Twain speaks to us across time with verve and wisdom. On the occasion of the centennial of his death, Oxford is issuing a paperback set of our landmark 29 volume collection, The Oxford Mark Twain . In addition to gathering together most of the writings ever published by Twain in the U.S., each volume is introduced by one of our most eminent writers. Their essays combine critical insights and personal appreciations of Twain as a fellow writer. An interpretive essay by a leading scholar that sets the book in its context concludes each volume. At the heart of each is a facsimile edition of Twain's original which captures its contemporary flavor. Many include original illustrations which suggest the life and times of the books in a way that other editions cannot. This remarkable offering will be treasured by all lovers of literature.

Author Biography

Professor of English and Director of American Studies at Stanford University, Fishkin is the author, editor or co-editor of over forty books. She is probably the world's most well-known Mark Twain expert and has been featured in popular media speaking on Twain for over twenty years.

Table of Contents

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 288

The Innocents Abroad

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 784

Roughing It

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 704

The Gilded Age

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 720

Sketches, New and Old

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 400

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 368

A Tramp Abroad

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 720

The Prince and the Pauper

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 496

Life on the Mississippi

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 720

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 464

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 656

Merry Tales

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 288

The American Claimant

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 368

The L1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 352

Tom Sawyer Abroad

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 304

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 512

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 624

The Stolen White Elephant and Other Detective Stories

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 720

How to Tell a Story and Other Essays

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 336

Following the Equator and Anti-Imperialist Essays

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 880

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 528

The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 304

What Is Man?

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 224

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 624

Christian Science

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 432

Chapters from My Autobiography

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 368

1601, and Is Shakespeare Dead?

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 256

Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven?

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 208

Speeches

Introduction

Afterword

Page Count: 528

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