Twain began his career writing light, humorous verse, but he became a chronicler of the vanities, hypocrisies, and murderous acts of mankind. At mid-career, he combined rich humor, sturdy narrative, and social criticism in Huckleberry Finn. He was a master of rendering colloquial speech and helped to create and popularize a distinctive American literature built on American themes and language.

A complete bibliography of Twain's works is nearly impossible to compile because of the vast number of pieces he wrote (often in obscure newspapers) and his use of several different pen names.

This book contains more than 30 of the most famous and significant works of Mark Twain.

Contents:

Novels

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

Stories

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man

A Complaint about Correspondents, Dated in San Francisco

Answers to Correspondents

Among the Fenians

The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn't Come to Grief

Curing a Cold

An Inquiry about Insurances

Literature in the Dry Diggings

"After" Jenkins

Lucretia Smith's Soldier

The Killing of Julius Cæsar "Localized"

An Item Which the Editor Himself Could Not Understand

Among the Spirits

Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington

A Touching Story of George Washington's Boyhood

A Page from a Californian Almanac

Information for the Million

The Launch of the Steamer Capital

Origin of Illustrious Men

Advice for Good Little Girls

Concerning Chambermaids

Remarkable Instances of Presence of Mind

Honored as a Curiosity in Honolulu

The Steed "Oahu"

A Strange Dream

Short and Singular Rations

A Letter from Santa Claus

What Stumped the Blue Jays

Essay

On the Decay of the Art of Lying