An adventure story parody, narrated by Huck Finn
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The $30,000 Bequest
A short tale that served as the title selection of “The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories”
Aurelia’s Unfortunate Young Man
The full text of “Aurelia’s Unfortunate Young Man,” written by Samuel Clemens in 1865.
French Version – The Jumping Frog
I cannot speak the French language, but I can translate very well, though not fast, I being self-educated. I ask the reader to run his eye over the original English version of the jumping Frog, and then read the French or my retranslation, and kindly take notice how the Frenchman has riddled the grammar.
The Curious Republic of Gondour
A Short Story by Mark Twain
As published in The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches.
As soon as I had learned to speak the language a little, I became greatly interested in the people and the system of government.
I found that the nation had at first tried universal suffrage pure and simple, but [...]
How to Tell a Story and Others
There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind—the humorous. I will talk mainly about that one. The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling; the comic story and the witty story upon the matter.
Eve’s Diary
A Short Story by Mark Twain
SATURDAY.—I am almost a whole day old, now. I arrived yesterday. That is as it seems to me. And it must be so, for if there was a day-before-yesterday I was not there when it happened, or I should remember it. It could be, of course, that it did happen, [...]
The Celebrated Jumping Frog
One of Twain’s best-known stories, from The Saturday Press, Nov. 18, 1865. Republished in “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches” (1867).
