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Merry Tales
"To no writer can the term 'American' more justly be applied than to the humorist whose Merry Tales are here presented."
-Editor's Note, Merry Tales (1892)
Merry Tales (1892) is a collection of seven humorous short stories written by Mark Twain in his quintessential satirical style. This collection includes Meisterschaft, a play where two young lovers conduct their courtship in beginning German; Luck, a funny sketch about the military and The Private History of a Campaign That Failed, this collection's most popular story about Twain's experiences during the Civil War.
This replica of the 1892 edition of Merry Tales is a nice addition to the library of Mark Twain aficionados.
Book Details
- Publisher: Cosimo Classics
- Publish Date: Jan 1st, 1892
- Pages: 212
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.48in - 0.60lb
- EAN: 9781646793525
- Categories: • Satire• Historical - Civil War Era• Humorous - General
About the Author
Twain, Mark: - MARK TWAIN (1835-1910), pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer who became one of America's greatest and most popular writers. Twain was born in Florida, Missouri, and grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, the state which influenced much of his writing. Twain acquired fame for his travel stories such as Life on the Mississippi (1883), and for his boyhood adventure novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).