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The Jumping Frog

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Mark Twain's Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is a story of the crusty Jim Smiley, a man who so loved to bet on animals - horses, dogs, etc. - that he trained a frog to be the strongest jumper in his county. Twain's broad yet graceful humor is beautifully complemented by the elegant woodcuts of Alan James Robinson. Finely reproduced, these illustrations bring Twain's great comic tale to life.Twain's classic tale of the Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is in three the original tale published in 1865, the first French translation of the story, and Twain's tongue-in-cheek verbatim re-translation into English.

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The Jumping Frog, Alan James Robinson, Mark Twain

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1998
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Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Moyer Bell
Pubblicato
1998
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
80
ISBN10
1559210974
ISBN13
9781559210973
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Mark Twain's Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is a story of the crusty Jim Smiley, a man who so loved to bet on animals - horses, dogs, etc. - that he trained a frog to be the strongest jumper in his county. Twain's broad yet graceful humor is beautifully complemented by the elegant woodcuts of Alan James Robinson. Finely reproduced, these illustrations bring Twain's great comic tale to life.Twain's classic tale of the Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is in three the original tale published in 1865, the first French translation of the story, and Twain's tongue-in-cheek verbatim re-translation into English.