The essential works of the great American humourist.
Satirist, novelist, and keen observer of the American scene, Mark Twain remains one of the world's best-loved writers. This delightful collection of Twain's favourite and most memorable writings includes selected tales and sketches such as 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County', 'How I Edited an Agricultural Journal Once', 'Jim Baker's Blue-Jay Yarn', and 'A True Story'.
It also features excerpts from his novels and travel books (including 'Roughing It', 'The Innocents Abroad', and 'Life on the Mississippi', among others; autobiographical and polemical writings; as well as selected letters and speeches.
The collection also reprints the complete text of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', including the often omitted raftsmen passage.
