Mark Twain

An exponent of the theory that William Shakespeare, the modestly educated provincial man from Stratford-upon-Avon, could not have written the works – full of erudition and accurate professional jargon – which are attributed to him, Mark Twain offers...
By: Mark Twain

Widely considered one of the greatest American novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of Huck Finn and his companion, the slave Jim, as they journey down the Mississippi river, after running away from Huck’s alcoholic father and...
By: Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer charts the escapades of a thirteen-year-old boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi. Testing the patience of his Aunt Polly, the bold and sharp-witted Tom Sawyer frequently skips school in search of excitement,...
By: Mark Twain

Mark Twain's gloriously funny 'Diary of Adam and Eve', which John Updike recently described as "a paradigm of the relations between sexes", is presented here with a number of other Twain pieces on our two oldest ancestors, showing the writer's...
By: Mark Twain