Mark Twain

Broschiertes Buch

Tom Sawyer Abroad

Beschreibung

"I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them." -Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) Tom Sawyer Abroad-by Huck Finn (1894) by Mark Twain was published ten years after Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and eighteen years after The Adventures of Tom Sawyer of which it is a sequel. Not as famous as either, but still an interesting story about Tom, Huck, and Jim traveling to Africa in a hot air balloon. This story is a nod to Jules Verne's adventure stories. This replica of the original 1894 edition of Tom Sawyer Abroad, with illustrations by Daniel Beard, is an engaging addition to anyone's library.

Autor

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel." Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. After an apprenticeship with a printer, Twain worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his humorous story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published, based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into classic Greek. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it", too. He died the day after the comet returned. He was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age," and William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cosimo Classics
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781646793044
• ISBN-10: 1646793048
• Artikelnr.: 60746119