| Great Classic Humor Lib/E Contributor(s): Various Authors (Author), Twain, Mark (Editor), Webb, Marni (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792786556 ISBN-13: 9780792786559 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $49.46 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Physical Information: 2" H x 6.9" W x 6.1" (0.70 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chuckle along with the best nineteenth-century humorists, who provide you with tall tales, puns, and witty ripostes. Seven of these twenty-seven gems are from Twain himself. No guarantees of political correctness, but they're sure to tickle your twenty-first century funny bone. Beginning with the piece that made Mark Twain famous, The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and ending with his fanciful How I Edited an Agricultural Paper, this treasure trove of an anthology is an abridgment of the 1888 original. It's a collection of several of Twain's own pieces, in addition to tall tales, fables, and satires by fourteen of Twain's contemporaries, including Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ambrose Bierce, William Dean Howells, Joel Chandler Harris, Artemus Ward, and Bret Harte. |
Contributor Bio(s): Twain, Mark: - Mark Twain (1835-1910) was born Samuel L. Clemens in the town of Florida, Missouri. One of the most popular and influential authors our nation has ever produced, his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. He has been called not only the greatest humorist of his age but also the father of American literature. |