false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168980327m/37813.jpg 37813 18 If you're already familiar with Finn and Sawyer, perhaps this collection of fragments, short stories, and essays--assembled posthumously some few decades ago now, but still fresh--will enhance your sense of Twain's true range. A particular favorite: his essay "The Damned Human Race," wherein he proves, rather convincingly, that an anaconda snake is a higher form of life than an English Earl. 171021 1962 Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings (Perennial Classics) total:1535|5:730|4:538|3:223|2:34|1:10| 1535 6549 2231 142 3 3 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 15 21:32:44 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 14:03:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Fri Mar 30 18:58:59 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 30 19:08:35 -0700 2007
Basically, the premise is this: Satan is banished from Heaven for 1 Celestial Day (10,000 of our Earth years) for ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Mar 14 17:12:36 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 14 17:22:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 true false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1963 Sun Feb 01 23:52:13 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 00:10:10 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Nov 11 08:39:31 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 11 08:45:57 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Fri Jul 25 08:33:20 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 08:36:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 14 19:19:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 19:23:47 -0700 2009
"Now there you have a sample of man's "reasoning powers," as he calls them. He observes certain facts. For instance, that in all his life he never sees the day that he can satisfy one woman; also, that no woman ever sees the day that she can't overwork, and defeat,...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Dec 18 20:52:30 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 21:01:08 -0800 2008
Twain in all his irreverent glory. The "Letters" are from Satan, who is on Earth reporting on the Human Race Experim...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Sat Sep 06 09:50:44 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 10:20:58 -0700 2008
This was Twain's final answer to God about religion and the state of all Human Affairs as he saw them. And at the end o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 15 20:41:25 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 20:52:30 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 08 19:10:15 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 28 00:39:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 19 10:29:42 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 10:44:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Jan 29 12:40:50 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 13:24:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 13 10:57:32 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 29 09:26:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sun Nov 02 18:34:14 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 19:39:43 -0800 2008 I keep it around and read passages all the time more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Nov 22 23:50:11 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 23:51:42 -0800 2007 Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, or Connecticut Yankee, this collection shall prove much more than surprising (either pleasantly or appallingly, depending on your sensibilities). Published posthumously despite the objections of his daughter (52 years after his death), ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 04 18:04:25 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 22:21:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 26 08:36:46 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 08:48:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 15:59:37 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 16:02:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 22 10:27:57 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 10:31:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=37813