Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520270002
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Originally published: Berkeley, Calif; London: University of California Press, 1969.

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520246950
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Here back in a paperback edition are the complete set of manuscripts left by Twain, which after his death would be assembled into a bowdlerized version and published as The Mysterious Stranger.

Author: David Blaine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780330413312
Category : Magic tricks
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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David Blaine, downtown hipster and extraordinary illusionist, offers an exploration of the mysteries and history of the ancient art of magic. Mysterious Stranger brings Blaine's magic directly to his audience. In the book you'll find: mind-bending tricks you can learn to do yourself; interactive magic effects; mind-reading and psychic techniques; David Blaine's unique perspective on the art of magic; a copiously illustrated history of the art; and autobiographical background and an insight into David's private world.

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781494241667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110

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The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain The Mysterious Stranger is the final novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it periodically from 1897 through 1908. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the "damned human race." Twain wrote multiple versions of the story; each is unfinished and involves the character of "Satan." "St. Petersburg Fragment" Twain wrote the "St. Petersburg Fragment" in September 1897. It was set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, a name Twain often used for Hannibal, Missouri. The Chronicle of Young Satan The first substantial version is commonly referred to as The Chronicle of Young Satan and relates the adventures of Satan, the sinless nephew of the biblical Satan, in Eseldorf, an Austrian village in the Middle Ages (year 1702). The story ends abruptly in the middle of a scene involving Satan' entertaining a prince in India. Twain wrote this version between November 1897 and September 1900. "Eseldorf" is German for "assville" or "donkeytown." Schoolhouse Hill The second substantial version Twain attempted to write is known as Schoolhouse Hill. It is set in the US and involves the familiar characters Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer and their adventures with Satan, referred to in this version as "No. 44, New Series 864962." Schoolhouse Hill is the shortest of the three versions. Twain began writing it in November 1898 and, like the "St. Petersburg Fragment," set it in the fictional town of St. Petersburg.

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111164
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Includes four memorable selections spanning the career of famed American humorist: "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "The £1,000,000 Bank Note," "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," and "The Mysterious Stranger."

Author: SUSAN MALLERY
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1489221522
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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From the moment the gorgeous, sexy stranger washed up on shore, millionaire Jarret Wilkenson was suspicious. Since he was one of the most eligible bachelors around, women were forever using strange antics to propose. And while this captivating visitor's amnesia routine was unique, he wasn't going to let her beauty distract him... Though Jarrett didn't have much choice but to let the woman with no memory stay in his home until someone claimed her, he was going to keep his fortune and young niece far away from her. Yet as Jarrett observed her natural maternal instincts at work, he couldn't help wondering about his mysterious guest's past...and future...with him.

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520016613
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613100140
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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Author: Candice Black
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 190869470X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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European vampire literature can be traced back to Germany of the 18th century, and the publication of the poems The Vampire (1748) by Ossenfelder and The Bride Of Corinth (1797) by Goethe. The 19th century saw short vampire fiction in the form of Tieck's Wake Not The Dead (c.1800), E.T.A. Hoffmann's Aurelia (1820), concerning a predatory corpse-eater, and The Mysterious Stranger (1860), an anonymous tale which seems to have inspired elements of Bram Stoker's later Dracula. This special ebook edition of The Mysterious Stranger also includes The Vampire, The Bride Of Corinth, Wake Not The Dead, and Aurelia, making it a definitive anthology of German literary vampires.

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775419231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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In the last extended piece of fiction from beloved American fiction writer and humorist Mark Twain, Satan proudly surveys fin-de-siecle civilization and marvels at its hypocrisies. Twain was heavily invested in this story and rewrote it multiple times over the course of several decades. Although critics regard it as a serious work of satire, it is full of the side-splitting humor for which Twain's writing is known.