Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson (18501894) was a writer of power and originality, who penned such classics as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Weir of Hermiston. The editor has collected in convenient form Stevenson's short fiction, including the complete New Arabian Nights and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as ghost stories, medieval romances, farces, horror stories, and the South Sea Tales. This volume amply illustrates Stephenson’s wide range and enduring appeal.Lodging for the night --Suicide Club: Story of the young man with the cream tarts / Story of the physician and the Saratoga trunk / Adventure of the Hansom cab --Rajah's Diamond: Story of the bandbox / Story of the young man in Holy Orders / Story of the house with the green blinds / Adventure of Prince Florizel and a detective --Providence and the guitar --Sire de Maletroit's door --Will o' the mill --Story of a lie --Thrawn Janet --Merry men --Body-snatcher --Markheim --Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde --Bottle imp --Beach of Falesa --Isle of Voices.
Charles Neider Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Charles Neider è stato un preminente curatore e un'autorità nell'opera di Mark Twain. Il suo esteso lavoro con gli scritti di Twain, in particolare dalla fine degli anni '50 alla metà degli anni '80, ha rivelato uno spettro più ampio della produzione di Twain che andava oltre i suoi romanzi più famosi. Le raccolte di Neider, come I racconti completi di Mark Twain e L'autobiografia di Mark Twain, sono state fondamentali per apprezzare l'intera portata della produzione letteraria di Twain. Il suo approccio si è concentrato sulla curatela e presentazione attenta delle diverse opere di Twain, promuovendo così una comprensione e un riconoscimento più profondi della sua eredità letteraria.
The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain
- 722pagine
- 26 ore di lettura
This is the first and most complete collection of all 136 humorous sketches and tales that Samuel Clemens (1835–1910), a.k.a. Mark Twain, started writing as a young reporter for various newspapers and magazines and later saw fit to issue in book form. Many pieces appeared in rare, first printings, only to be dropped in subsequent editions; for this reason, readers will encounter a number of yarns and tall tales unavailable elsewhere, even in the collected works. More unvarnished than his short stories or novels, and more willing to indulge in fun for its own sake, these sketches comprise a substantial share of his literary apprenticeship and legacy. As brilliant, representative nuggets of Twain's humor in its purest form, they carry the imprint of Twain's wit, imagination, and humanism, his fresh and always idiomatic prose. From 1862's "Curing a Cold" to 1904's "Italian Without a Master," this collection allows readers to share Twain's vision of life as a strange and comic affair. No one interested in American humor (or in need of a good laugh) can long remain indifferent to this uproarious book
Billy the Kid
- 236pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
The autobiography of Mark Twain
- 422pagine
- 15 ore di lettura
An autobiography in which American author Mark Twain, writing from his deathbed, tells the story of his life and experiences.
For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark Twain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain’s inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from the frontier humor of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” to the bitter vision of humankind in “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” to the delightful hilarity of “Is He Living or Is He Dead?” Surging with Twain’s ebullient wit and penetrating insight into the follies of human nature, this volume is a vibrant summation of the career of–in the words of H. L. Mencken–“the father of our national literature.”
