Synopses & Reviews
This book is the first systematic, comprehensive gathering of the reviews (primarily in the United States and Britain) of Mark Twain's books published up until 1917. The reviews collected here give the reader an unfiltered sense of how Twain's books and his reputation looked to his audience at the time. In addition, by devoting attention to each of Twain's books, this volume moves away from the current, distorting emphasis on a small number of publications and thus provides a broader perspective on Twain's career.
Synopsis
The first systematic, comprehensive gathering of reviews of Mark Twain's books published up until 1917.
Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras county; 2. The innocents abroad; 3. Mark Twain's (Burlesque) autobiography and first romance; 4. Roughing it; 5. A curious dream; 6. The gilded age: a tale of to-day; 7. Sketches, new and old; 8. The adventures of Tom Sawyer; 9. Mark Twain's patent self-pasting scrap book; 10. A true story, and the recent carnival of crime; 11. Punch, Brothers, Punch!; 12. A tramp abroad; 13. The Prince and the Pauper; 14. The Stolen White Elephant; 15. Life on the Mississippi; 16. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; 17. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court; 18. Merry tales; 19. The American Claimant; 20. The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and other stories; 21. Tom Sawyer abroad; 22. Pudd'nhead Wilson; 23. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and The Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins; 24. Personal recollections of Joan of Arc; 25. Tom Sawyer abroad; 26. Tom Sawyer, Detective; 27. How to Tell aStory and other essays; 28. More Tramps Abroad; 29. Following the Equator; 30. The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg; 31. A Double Barrelled Detective Story; 32. Extracts from Adam's Diary; 33. A Dog's Tale; 34. Editorial Wild Oats; 35. King Leopold's soliloquy; 36. Eve's Diary; 37. The $30,000 Bequest and other stories; 38. Christian science; 39. A Horse's Tail; 40. Is Shakespeare Dead?; 41. Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven; 42. Mark Twain's speeches; 43. The mysterious stranger; 44. What is Man? and other essays.