Mark Twain's Fables of Man

by Mark Twain, Frederick Anderson (Editor), John S. Tuckey (Editor)

For years, many of Twain's philosophical, religious, and historical fantasies concerning the nature and condition of humanity remained unpublished. Thirty-six of these writings make their first appearance here.

751 pages, Hardcover

First published July 2, 1972

About the author

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Twain is my go to author for great, sometimes fantastic, stories and honest, heartfelt, essays. The man can make you think. This collection has Twain telling us what he's thinking on mankind, religion, and god. Some dark material. He doesn't pull his punches with anyone and god gets his in Twain's pained rant following his daughter's death at age 24. Powerful stuff.

[Kacee Moreton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great collection of stories and essays. Twain is brilliantly hilarious with his satire.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being my absolute favorite American writer, this book was a real blessing to me. My father bought this to me in '72 when it was first published. The neat thing about this book is that it contains Twain's original writings as well as the corrections he made. As he aged,Twain became a rather cynical observer of human nature, and particularly of man's view of his Creator. These writings are some of his most bitter and caustic. A must for any Twain-o-phile.

[Robert Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

An American individualist. Missouri? Isn't that a pretty religious state? Drive past his birthplace now and then. Cynical, but guess they need the tourist money. Or they don't know about his "Thoughts of God" and "The Holy Children".