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Satirist, novelist, and keen observer of the American scene, Mark Twain remains one of the world's best-loved writers. This delightful collection of Twain's favorite and most memorable writings includes selected tales and sketches such as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, How I Edited an Agricultural Journal Once, Jim Baker's Blue-Jay Yarn, and A True Story. It also features excerpts from his novels and travel books (including Roughing It, The Innocents Abroad, and Life on the Mississippi, among others); autobiographical and polemical writings; as well as selected letters and speeches. The collection also reprints the complete text of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, including the often omitted "raftsmen passage". Contents: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (1865) How I Edited an Agricultural Journal Once (1870) Selections From Roughing It (1872) An Encounter with an Interviewer (1874) A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It (1874) Selections from -The Innocents Abroad (1869) -The Gilded Age (1873) -A Tramp Abroad (1880) -Life on the Mississippi (1883) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) [Complete Novel] The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (1885) Selections from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) Extracts from Adam's Diary (1893) Selections from -The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) -Following the Equator (1897) To the Person Sitting in Darkenss (1901) Corn-Pone Opinions (1901) Early Days (1907) Speeches Letters