Selected Writings of an American Skeptic

by Mark Twain, Leslie Fiedler (Foreword), Gregory Lyde Vigrass (Illustrator)

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) commands an important place in the public mind. Many Americans feel a natural and easy identification with this popular literary figure. Twain's Humor, his wit, and his social concern endear him to countless Americans who think of him as 'one of us'. For the general reader, this collection provides a convenient resource that will spark many debates. It will convince scholars of American literature that Clemens was a sceptic for most of his life.

450 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

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.