The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain

作者: Mark Twain （马克·吐温）著

出版社: Random House

出版时间: 1984-03

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780553211955

定价: 29.70

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 848页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Bantam Classics

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>小说

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Fordeftplotting,riotousinventiveness,unforgettablecharacters,andlanguagethatbrilliantlycapturesthelivelyrhythmsofAmericanspeech,noAmericanwritercomesclosetoMarkTwain.ThissparklinganthologycoverstheentirespanofTwain'sinimitableyarn-spinning,fromhisearlybroadcomedytothebitingsatireofhislateryears.

Everyoneofhissixtystoriesishere:rangingfromthefrontierhumorof"TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty,"tothebittervisionofhumankindin"TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg,"tothedelightfulhilarityof"IsHeLivingorIsHeDead?"SurgingwithTwain'sebullientwitandpenetratinginsightintothefolliesofhumannature,thisvolumeisavibrantsummationofthecareerof–inthewordsofH.L.Mencken–"thefatherofournationalliterature." MarkTwainwasbornSamuelLanghorneClemensin1835.Hegainednationalattentionasahumoristin1865withthepublicationof"TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty,"butwasacknowledgedasagreatwriterbytheliteraryestablishmentwithTheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn(1885).In1880,Twainbeganpromotingandfinancingtheill-fatedPaigetypesetter,aninventiondesignedtomaketheprintingprocessfullyautomatic.Attheheightofhisnaivelyoptimisticinvolvementinthetechnological"wonder"thatnearlydrovehimtobankruptcy,hepublishedhissatire,AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur'sCourt(1889).Plaguedbypersonaltragedyandfinancialfailure,MarkTwainspentthelastyearsofhislifeingloomandexasperation,writingfablesabout"thedamnedhumanrace." Introduction

The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.,

The Story of the Bad Little Boy

Cannibalism in the Cars

A Day at Niagara

Legend of the Capitoline Venus

Journalism in Tennessee

A Curious Dream

The Facts in the Great Beef Contract

How I Edited an Agricultural Paper

A Medieval Romance

My Watch

Political Economy

Science vs. Luck

The Story of the Good Little Boy

Buck Fanshaw's Funeral

The Story of the Old Ram

Tom Quartz

A Trial

The Trials of Simon Erickson

A True Story

Experience of the McWilliamses with Membranous Croup

Some Learned Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls

The Canvasser's Tale

The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton

Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale

The Man Who Put Up at Gadsby's

Mrs. McWilliams and the Lighming

What Stumped the Bluejays

A Curious Experience

The Invalid's Story

The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm

The Stolen White Elephant

A Burning Brand

A Dying Man's Confession

The Professor's Yam

A Ghost Story

Luck

Playing Courier

The Californian's Tale

The Diary of Adam and Eve

The Esquimau Maiden's Romance

Is He Living or Is He Dead?

The  1,000,000 Bank-Note

……
内容简介:
Fordeftplotting,riotousinventiveness,unforgettablecharacters,andlanguagethatbrilliantlycapturesthelivelyrhythmsofAmericanspeech,noAmericanwritercomesclosetoMarkTwain.ThissparklinganthologycoverstheentirespanofTwain'sinimitableyarn-spinning,fromhisearlybroadcomedytothebitingsatireofhislateryears.

Everyoneofhissixtystoriesishere:rangingfromthefrontierhumorof"TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty,"tothebittervisionofhumankindin"TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg,"tothedelightfulhilarityof"IsHeLivingorIsHeDead?"SurgingwithTwain'sebullientwitandpenetratinginsightintothefolliesofhumannature,thisvolumeisavibrantsummationofthecareerof–inthewordsofH.L.Mencken–"thefatherofournationalliterature."
作者简介:
MarkTwainwasbornSamuelLanghorneClemensin1835.Hegainednationalattentionasahumoristin1865withthepublicationof"TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty,"butwasacknowledgedasagreatwriterbytheliteraryestablishmentwithTheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn(1885).In1880,Twainbeganpromotingandfinancingtheill-fatedPaigetypesetter,aninventiondesignedtomaketheprintingprocessfullyautomatic.Attheheightofhisnaivelyoptimisticinvolvementinthetechnological"wonder"thatnearlydrovehimtobankruptcy,hepublishedhissatire,AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur'sCourt(1889).Plaguedbypersonaltragedyandfinancialfailure,MarkTwainspentthelastyearsofhislifeingloomandexasperation,writingfablesabout"thedamnedhumanrace."
目录:
Introduction

The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.,

The Story of the Bad Little Boy

Cannibalism in the Cars

A Day at Niagara

Legend of the Capitoline Venus

Journalism in Tennessee

A Curious Dream

The Facts in the Great Beef Contract

How I Edited an Agricultural Paper

A Medieval Romance

My Watch

Political Economy

Science vs. Luck

The Story of the Good Little Boy

Buck Fanshaw's Funeral

The Story of the Old Ram

Tom Quartz

A Trial

The Trials of Simon Erickson

A True Story

Experience of the McWilliamses with Membranous Croup

Some Learned Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls

The Canvasser's Tale

The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton

Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale

The Man Who Put Up at Gadsby's

Mrs. McWilliams and the Lighming

What Stumped the Bluejays

A Curious Experience

The Invalid's Story

The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm

The Stolen White Elephant

A Burning Brand

A Dying Man's Confession

The Professor's Yam

A Ghost Story

Luck

Playing Courier

The Californian's Tale

The Diary of Adam and Eve

The Esquimau Maiden's Romance

Is He Living or Is He Dead?

The  1,000,000 Bank-Note

……

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