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Complete Letters of Mark Twain

Mark Twain

The letters of Mark Twain are peculiarly of the revealing sort. He was a man of few restraints and of no affectations. In his correspondence, as in his talk, he spoke what was in his mind, untrammeled..

How to Tell a Story and other Essays

Mark Twain

How to Tell a Story and Other Essays is a series of essays by Mark Twain. In them, he describes his own writing style, attacks the idiocy of a fellow author, defends the virtue of a dead woman, and tr..

On the Decay of the Art of Lying

Mark Twain

"On the Decay of the Art of Lying" is a short essay written by Mark Twain in 1880 for a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, Connecticut. Twain published the text in The Stolen ..

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 1, 1835-1866

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 1, 1835-1866..

Letters on England

Voltaire

Letters on the English is a series of essays written by Voltaire based on his experiences living in England between 1726 and 1729. It was published first in English in 1733 and then in French the foll..

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 2, 1867-1875

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 2, 1867-1875..

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 3, 1876-1885

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 3, 1876-1885..

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 4, 1886-1900

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 4, 1886-1900..