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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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

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La Vie Sur Le Mississipi Coffret 2 Volumes

Les trois textes qui composent Écrits secrets ont été traduits et publiés pour la première fois dans la collection L'Étrangère d'Arléa en 1990. Pendant plus d'un siècle, ils ne furent publiés que sous forme de tirages confidentiels et limités, et, dans la prude Amérique, entourés d'un épais mystère qui les rendait quasi mythiques. Albert B. Paine, le meilleur biographe de Twain, y voyait un  classique authentique , et Truman Capote n'hésitait pas à parler de  chefs-d'ouvre impérissables . En tout cas, chacun s'accorde sur un point : ces Écrits secrets ne sont pas de simples curiosités méconnues de la littérature américaine. Alexandrian, qui présente ces deux textes, conclut à leur sujet :  Ils brasillent comme les feux d'un foyer d'humour non éteint, où notre modernité engourdie peut se réchauffer à plaisir.  

 

 

On trouvera successivement dans ce volume : la longue préface, érudite et documentée, d'un des meilleurs spécialistes de la littérature érotique mondiale, Sarane Alexandrian ; puis 1601, un texte écrit par Twain dans un anglais du début du xviie siècle (merveilleusement rendu par la traduction de Béatrice Vierne), censé être un extrait du Journal de Samuel Pepys, relatant une  conversation telle qu'on la faisait en société, au coin du feu, du temps des Tudor , et portant sur un événement banal mais insolite ici : le pet, que quelqu'un lâcha au cours de ladite soirée. Les deux autres textes sont respectivement La Grosse Anguille, et Le Club de l'estomac.

Ecrits secrets

Selected short works of humor and criticism by a revered American masterBeloved by millions, Mark Twain is the quintessential American writer. More than anyone else, his blend of skepticism, caustic wit and sharp prose defines a certain American mythos. While his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is still taught to nearly everyone who attends school and is considered by many to be the Great American Novel, Twain's shorter stories and criticisms have unequalled style and bite. In a review that's less than kind to the writing of James Fenimore Cooper, Twain writes: "Every time a Cooper person is in peril, and absolute silence is worth four dollars a minute, he is sure to step on a dry twig. There may be a hundred handier things to step on, but that wouldn't satisfy Cooper. Cooper requires him to turn out and find a dry twig; and if he can't do it, go and borrow one." It's difficult to imagine anyone else writing in quite this style, though many have tried, which is why Twain's legacy only continues to grow. The collection includes 20 works, including: Old Times on the Mississippi The Mysterious Stranger The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg The Jumping Frog Jim Baker's Bluejay Yarn A True Story Letter to the Earth The War Prayer

Great Short Works of Mark Twain

Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain, who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He is 12 or 13 years old during the former and a year older ("thirteen or fourteen or along there," Chapter 17) at the time of the latter. Huck also narrates Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective, two shorter sequels to the first two books. This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents and the following works: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer, Detective.

The Complete Adventures of Huckleberry Finn And Tom Sawyer (Unabridged)

Faites le compte — peut-être sur les doigts de vos deux mains ? — des écrivains états-uniens passés dans le patrimoine de l'humanité, et cherchez celui qui aurait décrit l'Ouest - le vrai, le Far-West — à partir de sa propre expérience. Il n'y en a qu'un, et c'est Mark Twain. A la dure n'est pas seulement un récit de voyage plein d'imprévu, c'est un guide de la vie quotidienne au Far-West. Plus intriguant encore : un guide écrit par un cavalier qui tenait à peine sur son cheval, par un batelier trop faible pour ramer, par un campeur qui incendiait la moitié d'un état dès qu'il faisait un feu, par un chercheur d'or qui ne touchait pas à une pioche de peur se casser un pied. Au lecteur de décider si c'est un procédé littéraire ou si Mark Twain était vraiment ce mélange de Buffalo Bill et de Mr. Bean.

A la dure - Un hilarant voyage au temps de la ruée vers l'or

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!"

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