Christian Science - Mark Twain
Christian Science is a 1907 collection of essays on Christian Science by Mark Twain, beginning with an 1899 article in Cosmopolitan. Although Twain was interested in spiritual healing and the ideas behind Christian Science, he was hostile to its founder, Mary Baker Vortex (1821-1910). According to...
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 4) - Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Brigade), often called Huck Finn, is an 1884 novel by Mark Twain. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novels and one of the first to become popular, with a place in the vernacular. It is narrated in the first person by Tom Sawyer's...
Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Addresses - Abraham Lincoln
On March 4, 1861, Lincoln delivered his first inaugural address. At this time, both the North and the South were heading toward division and civil war. His second inauguration was on March 4, just weeks before the assassination, but in 1865, four years after him. Allies. That was four days after...
A Tramp Abroad - Mark Twain
The Tramp is a non-fiction travel novel by American writer Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book describes the author's journey through central and southern Europe with his friend Harris (based on a character his closest friend Joseph Twitchell created for the book). While the stated goal of the...
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2) - Mark Twain
One of the greatest satires in American literature, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court begins with Hank Morgan, a skilled mechanic in a 19th-century New England gun factory, and ends with a 19th-century restoration card. Milot's ambitious plan opens. Century modernization....
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2) - Mark Twain
It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this novel is a detective story, in which a series of identities — the judge's murderer, Tom, Chambers — must be sorted out. This structure highlights the problem...
Chapters from my Autobiography - Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before these chapters in my autobiography were published in 1906. He had originally planned to publish his memoirs after his death, but realized in his 70s that most of the material would likely be published before he left. The...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published in 1876) is a famous and popular story about American youth. Mark Twain's vivid story of childhood scrapes and adventures is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn embarked on many of the adventures a boy could...