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Die lustigen Lausbubengeschichten und Abenteuer von Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn in 6 Kapiteln.

Mark Twain is one of the wittiest and most prolific writers of all time. He is mostly known for "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", which is often called the Great American Novel.

Una novela sobre hipocresia social e injusticia. El incredible parecido entre el heredero de la corona inglesa y un mendigo, permite que por un azar del destino, al encontrarse los ninos de dos mundos tan opuestos, el principe pueda cumplir con su deseo de ver como vive y sufre la otra mitad, mientras que el mendigo se ve inesperadamente envuelto en las intrigas palaciegas.

This anthology of unabridged short stories represents some of the most significant works from the most influential American authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes the following: "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving, "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Mermaids" by Louisa May Alcott, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce, and "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry.

Mark Twain's story of Hank Morgan, a 19th-century resident of Hartford, Connecticut, who, after a blow to the head, awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur.

Die berühmte Geschichte eines cleveren Waisenkindes, das sich gegen die starren Regeln der Erwachsenen durchzusetzten weiß. Da haben Sonntagsschule, Tante Polly und puritanische Tugendvereine keine Chance, wenn es darum geht zu schwimmen, zu rauchen und einen Mord aufzuklären...

A collection of 23 of Twain's funniest stories and essays, ranging from tongue in cheek to the fantastic.

In 1861, young Mark Twain found himself adrift as a tenderfoot in the Wild West. Roughing It is a hilarious record of his travels over a six-year period that comes to life with his inimitable mixture of reporting, social satire, and rollicking tall tales. Twain reflects on his scuffling years mining silver in Nevada, working at a Virginia City newspaper, being downandout in San Francisco, reporting for a newspaper from Hawaii, and more.

Selections include "The Robber Bridegroom" by Washington Irving, "The Stolen White Elephant" by Mark Twain, "Chickamauga" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Mission of Jane" by Edith Wharton, and "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Esta novela constituye no solo la culminación de la narrativa de Mark Twain, sino también una de las obras maestras, junto a Moby Dick, de la novela norteamericana. Clásico entre los clásicos, Mark Twain, con su sentido del humor y su prosa ágil, precisa y soleada, nos lleva al río Mississippi abajo de la mano del inolvidable Huck Finn, que va en busca de la libertad junto a Jim, un muchacho negro que quiere escapar de la esclavitud.

El muchacho que pudo surgir. Los navegantes de los rios del sur de Estados Unidos gritaban Mark Twain para indicar que habia suficiente profundidad para que sus barcos no encallaran y Mark Twain fue el seudonimo escogido por Samuel Langhorne Clemens para sus cuentos y novelas que retratan con un humor unico la vida rural de fines del siglo XIX.

Mark Twain's complete, uncensored Autobiography was an instant best seller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author's death, as he requested. Published to rave reviews, the Autobiography was hailed as the capstone of Twain's career. It captures his authentic and unsuppressed voice, speaking clearly from the grave and brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions. The eagerly awaited second volume delves deeper into Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds.

Tall Tales and Short Stories is a hilarious collection of Mark Twain's lesser known works that will have you chuckling long after you've finished the book. Rediscover one of America's greatest humorists and get your funny on!

Hank Morgan is a mechanic, an engineer, and a foreman at the Colt Arms Factory. One day he gets into an argument, "conducted with crowbars," with an employee known as "Hercules." A blow to Hank's head sends him back to King Arthur's England in the Sixth Century.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court tells the story of Hank Morgan, a 19th-century American - a Connecticut Yankee - who, after a blow to the head, awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur.

Mark Twain is one of the wittiest and most prolific writers of all time. He is mostly known for "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", which is often called the Great American Novel. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced" and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature".

Mark Twain und Europa: 14 Humorvolle Kurzgeschichten. Auf ausgedehnten Reisen hat Twain seinen Landsfrauen und -männern die Eigenwilligkeiten der "Alten Welt" nahegebracht. Die gnadenlose Effizienz der Deutschen, die Verschrobenheit der Briten, die Geschäftstüchtigkeit der Italiener, die Eigenwilligkeit der Franzosen: Mark Twain behandelt sie alle gerecht - alle bekommen gleichermaßen seinen Spott zu spüren.

In diesem Hörbuch sind sieben Gruselgeschichten berühmter Autoren vereint - in diesem Paket noch billiger als einzeln gekauft! Entdecken Sie die spannenden und gruseligen Erzählungen von Meistern der Dichtkunst wie Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Wilkie Collins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson und Bram Stoker...

Mark Twain: 40 humorvolle Kurzgeschichten. Die große Box. Hören Sie 40 der lustigsten Stories des berühmtesten Schriftstellers aus Amerika: Kandidatenfreuden; Ein Zwiegespräch; Prinzenverehrung; Sonntagsheiligung in Deutschland; Über frühreife Kinder; Die Hunde von Konstantinopel; Mehr Glück als Verstand; Einiges über Barbiere; Ein Miniaturreich im Weltmeer; Edward Jackson und Vanderbilt; Berliner Eindrücke; Kinderkrankheiten; Mrs. McWilliams beim Gewitter; Ein Tischgespräch u.v.m.

Mark Twain und Amerika: 16 Humorvolle Kurzgeschichten. Obwohl Twain die ganze Welt bereist hat, ist er doch immer Amerikaner geblieben und war als solcher natürlich auch Chronist der Eigenheiten der Amerikaner - seiner eigenen nicht ausgenommen. Die Amerikaner daheim und auf Reisen, das ist das humorvolle Thema dieser Geschichtensammlung.