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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories — Mark Twain

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories

Mark Twain

  • Stories
  • Book language: English
  • 321 pages

A collection of satirical short stories and sketches by Mark Twain. The title story concerns Hadleyburg, a town famed for its honesty, whose reputation is put to the test by a stranger's scheme. Other tales turn a humorous, sharp eye on human folly and pretension.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG
  2. AND OTHER STORIES AND SKETCHES
  3. CONTENTS
  4. THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG
  5. MY FIRST LIE, AND HOW I GOT OUT OF IT
  6. THE ESQUIMAUX MAIDEN’S ROMANCE
  7. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND THE BOOK OF MRS. EDDY
  8. IS HE LIVING OR IS HE DEAD?
  9. MY DÉBUT AS A LITERARY PERSON
  10. AT THE APPETITE-CURE
  11. CONCERNING THE JEWS
  12. FROM THE ‘LONDON TIMES’ OF 1904
  13. ABOUT PLAY-ACTING
  14. TRAVELLING WITH A REFORMER
  15. DIPLOMATIC PAY AND CLOTHES
  16. LUCK
  17. THE CAPTAIN’S STORY
  18. STIRRING TIMES IN AUSTRIA
  19. PRIVATE HISTORY OF THE ‘JUMPING FROG’ STORY
  20. (Translation.)
  21. (My Retranslation.)
  22. MY MILITARY CAMPAIGN
  23. MEISTERSCHAFT
  24. ACT I. SCENE I.
  25. ACT II. SCENE I.
  26. ACT III.
  27. MY BOYHOOD DREAMS
  28. IN MEMORIAM
  29. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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