One day it occurred to me that it had been many years since the world had been afforded the spectacle of a man adventurous enough to undertake a journey through Europe on foot. After much thought, I decided that I was a person fitted to furnish to mankind this spectacle. So I determined to do it. This was in March, 1878.

I looked about me for the right sort of person to accompany me in the capacity of agent, and finally hired a Mr. Harris for this service.

It was also my purpose to study art while in Europe. Mr. Harris was in sympathy with me in this. He was as much of an enthusiast in art as I was, and not less anxious to learn to paint. I desired to learn the German language; so did Harris.

A Tramp Abroad

Toute la littérature moderne américaine découle d'un livre de Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, a écrit Ernest Hemingway. L'humour également. On peut en effet affirmer que Mark Twain est le premier humoriste moderne que la littérature ait engendré. Cet homme qui avait la secrète impression d'être un "mystérieux et peut-être surnaturel visiteur venant d'autres lieux" pouvait considérer la chose la plus banale, puis en donner d'extravagantes descriptions. Il s'en priva d'autant moins qu'il eut une vie particulièrement aventureuse et fit preuve d'une exceptionnelle soif de vivre avant d'écrire les aventures de Tom Sawyer et d'Huckleberry Finn. À douze ans, ce Charles Dickens américain que l'on compare aujourd'hui à Herman Melville, était déjà apprenti typographe. Plus tard il devint aventurier, navigateur sur le Mississippi, chercheur d'or, avant de devenir journaliste, écrivain et grand voyageur devant l'Eternel. Sa vieillesse fut marquée par une série de catastrophes financières et familiales qui le marquèrent durement et lui firent jeter son masque d'humoriste parfois tenté de jouer au bouffon pour les masses. Cependant, même quand il nous entretient de sujets futiles, même quand il passe d'une idée superficielle à une autre, il reste un fabuleux jongleur verbal, un des grands maîtres de la prose américaine qu'il révolutionna avec une parfaite désinvolture. Classique, plagié, imité, parodié, Mark Twain reste inamovible: le temps qui détruit les modes ne peut rien contre son oeuvre. Les deux nouvelles réunies dans ce recueil, Le journalisme dans le Tennessee et Comment je devins directeur d'un journal agricole, sont suivies d'une brève biographie de l'écrivain.

Vive le journalisme !

It was in 1590-winter. Austria was far away from the world, and asleep; it was still the Middle Ages in Austria, and promised to remain so forever. Some even set it away back centuries upon centuries and said that by the mental and spiritual clock it was still the Age of Belief in Austria. But they meant it as a compliment, not a slur, and it was so taken, and we were all proud of it. I remember it well, although I was only a boy; and I remember, too, the pleasure it gave me.

Yes, Austria was far from the world, and asleep, and our village was in the middle of that sleep, being in the middle of Austria.

The Mysterious Stranger

Après avoir vécu mille aventures comme pilote sur le Mississippi (La Vie sur le Mississippi, Payot), fui la guerre de Sécession, traversé la Prairie, tâté de la rude vie des chercheurs d'or (À la dure, Payot), voilà le jeune Samuel Clemens, alias Mark Twain, de nouveau sans le sou, à New York. Une proposition de l'Alta California vient lui sauver la mise : suivre pour ses lecteurs le premier voyage touristique organisé depuis l'Amérique. Et c'est ainsi que Mark Twain, qui rêvait enfant d'explorer l'Amazone, s'embarque le 8 juin 1867 sur le Quaker City, direction l'Europe. Le succès du Voyage des innocents fut immense dès sa parution en 1869 - sans doute parce que s'y marquait, symboliquement, une inversion du regard entre Vieux et Nouveau Monde. En ce sens, Mark Twain est bien, comme l'écr

Le voyage des innocents

« Les Esquisses américaines de Mark Twain ont été lues par tout le monde aux États-Unis et en Angleterre. Elles offrent le plus curieux spécimen de l'esprit yankee, ayant cours actuellement entre New-York et San-Francisco. Le traducteur en a choisi les pages les plus piquantes, les plus caractéristiques ; et, pour faire passer dans notre langue l'idée et le style de l'auteur sans leur ôter la saveur originelle, il a préféré une libre et fidèle interprétation à une traduction étroitement littérale. » (Émile Blémont)

Esquisses américaines de Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer revolves around the youthful adventures of the novel's schoolboy protagonist, Thomas Sawyer, whose reputation precedes him for causing mischief and strife. Tom lives with his Aunt Polly, half-brother Sid, and cousin Mary in the quaint town of St. Petersburg, just off the shore of the Mississippi River. St. Petersburg is described as a typical small-town atmosphere where the Christian faith is predominant, the social network is close-knit, and familiarity resides.  Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn ­ the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."  As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.Excerpt:"TOM!" No answer. "TOM!" No answer. "What's gone with that boy,  I wonder? You TOM!" No answer. The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear: "Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll—" She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat. "I never did see the beat of that boy!"

Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer

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In addition to being a great novelist, Mark Twain was one of the most   popular public speakers of his day. This collection brings together in a   single volume the complete collected speeches of Mark Twain which was first   published in 1871.  
Table of Contents:
The Story Of A Speech; Plymouth Rock And The Pilgrims; Compliments And   Degrees; Books, Authors, And Hats; Dedication Speech; Die Schrecken Der   Deutschen Sprache [The Horrors Of The German Language]; German For The   Hungarians; A New German Word; Unconscious Plagiarism; The Weather; The   Babies; Our Children And Great Discoveries; Educating Theatre-Goers; The   Educational Theatre; Poets As Policemen; Pudd'nhead Wilson Dramatized; Daly   Theatre; The Dress Of Civilized Woman; Dress Reform And Copyright; College   Girls; Girls; The Ladies; Woman's Press Club; Votes For Women; Woman-An   Opinion; Advice To Girls; Taxes And Morals; Tammany And Croker; Municipal   Corruption; Municipal Government; China And The Philippines; Theoretical   Morals; Layman's Sermon; University Settlement Society; Public Education Association;   Education And Citizenship; Courage; The Dinner To Mr. Choate; On Stanley And   Livingstone; Henry M. Stanley; Dinner To Mr. Jerome; Henry Irving; Dinner To   Hamilton W. Mabie; Introducing Nye And Riley; Dinner To Whitelaw Reid; Rogers   And Railroads; The Old-Fashioned Printer; Society Of American Authors;   Reading-Room Opening; Literature; Disappearance Of Literature; The New York   Press Club Dinner; The Alphabet And Simplified Spelling; Spelling And   Pictures; Books And Burglars; Authors' Club; Booksellers; "Mark Twain's First   Appearance"; Morals And Memory; Queen Victoria; Joan Of Arc; Accident   Insurance - Etc.; Osteopathy; Water-Supply; Mistaken Identity; Cats And   Candy; Obituary Poetry; Cigars And Tobacco; Billiards; The Union Right Or   Wrong; An Ideal French Address; Statistics; Galveston Orphan Bazaar; San   Francisco Earthquake; Charity And Actors; Russian Republic; Russian   Sufferers; Watterson And Twain As Rebels; Robert Fulton Fund; Fulton Day,   Jamestown; Lotos Club Dinner In Honor Of Mark Twain; Copyright; In Aid Of The   Blind; Dr. Mark Twain, Farmeopath; Missouri University Speech; Business;   Carnegie The Benefactor; On Poetry, Veracity, And Suicide; Welcome Home; An   Undelivered Speech; Sixty-Seventh Birthday; To The Whitefriars; The Ascot Gold   Cup; The Savage Club Dinner; General Miles And The Dog; When In Doubt, Tell   The Truth; The Day We Celebrate; Independence Day; Americans And The English;   About London; Princeton; The St. Louis Harbor-Boat "Mark Twain"; Seventieth   Birthday.
Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910),   quintessential American humorist, lecturer, essayist, and author wrote The   Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

The Complete Speeches of Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer es un ni�o como cualquier otro del sur de Estados Unidos del siglo XIX, que vive en un pueblo llamado Saint Petersburg a orillas del Misisipi, un muchacho curioso, travieso y con demasiada energ�a, un rebelde de gran coraz�n que junto con sus amigos, vive aventuras que los llevaran a enfrentar sus miedos. Es capaz de sacar provecho a cualquier hecho cotidiano, como pintar una valla, o no tan cotidiano, como perseguir a un malvado asesino o ir en busca de un tesoro escondido en una cueva, acompa�ado de su inseparable amigo Huck.

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Table of Contents:
A Tale of Today
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Prince and the Pauper
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The American Claimant
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
A Horse's Tale
The Mysterious Stranger
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910), better known by his pen name Mark   Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom   Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the   latter often called "the Great American Novel."

A Tramp Abroad

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