Mark Twain
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This is Mark Twain's first novel about Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, and it has become one of the world's best-loved books. It is a fond reminiscence of life in Hannibal, Missouri, an evocation of Mark Twain's own boyhood along the banks of the Mississippi during the 1840s. "Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred," he tells us. This is a book one never forgets: Tom whitewashing Aunt Polly's fence, Tom and Huck's dreadful oath, their...
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En el año 1590, en una pequeña aldea austríaca llamada Eseldorf, tres jóvenes que jugaban en el bosque se encontraron con un misterioso forastero. Cuando le preguntaron su nombre, con sencillez el mismo respondió: Satanás.
El forastero es un ángel sabio que, por curiosidad y diversión, investiga el comportamiento de las personas. Así, con encanto les muestra a los niños la cruda realidad del tiempo y la verdadera naturaleza de la especie...
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La vida en Saint Petersburg, un pequeño pueblo situado a orillas del Mississippi, al suroeste de Estados Unidos, es tan tranquila que incluso puede resultar aburrida. Pero Tom Sawyer, un muchacho curioso y travieso, se entretiene con cualquier hecho cotidiano, como pintar una valla, o no tan cotidiano, como perseguir a un malvado asesino o ir en busca de un tesoro, acompañado de su inseparable amigo Huck. Así, Tom es un niño idealista y sensible...
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2012
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The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press published Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1, the first of a three-volume edition of the complete, uncensored autobiography. The book became an immediate bestseller and was hailed as the capstone of the life's work of America's favorite author.
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2015
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Mark Twain's final and uncensored masterpiece, presented in three volumes, is a landmark publication in American literature.
"Twain will begin to seem strange again, alluring and still astonishing . . . in ways that still resonate with us."—New York Times
"His crystalline humor and expansive range are a continuous source of delight and awe."—Los Angeles Times Book Review
When the first volume...
"Twain will begin to seem strange again, alluring and still astonishing . . . in ways that still resonate with us."—New York Times
"His crystalline humor and expansive range are a continuous source of delight and awe."—Los Angeles Times Book Review
When the first volume...
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In Mark Twain's short novel Tom Sawyer Detective (1896), Huck Finn relates the story of his and Tom's trip to Arkansas to help Tom's Uncle Silas. Learning that he has confessed to a murder he didn't commit, Tom must open the mail-order detective kit he has just purchased in order to clear Uncle Silas' name. Stolen diamonds, a shallow grave, and a pair of dangerous criminals all factor into this thrilling, lesser-known comic gem by Twain.
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Huckleberry Finn knüpft dort an, wo Tom Sawyer aufhört:
Huck, nach dem Abenteuer mit Tom zu Geld gekommen, wohnt bei der Witwe Douglas, die versucht ihn zu "zivilisieren". Von dort wird er von seinem Vater entführt, dem er durch die Vortäuschung seiner eigenen Ermordung entkommt.
Ab diesem Zeitpunkt beginnen seine Abenteuer auf dem Mississippi, zusammen mit dem entlaufenen Sklaven Jim...
Die Produktion wurde im Februar 2006 auf die hr2-Hörbuch-Bestenliste...
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Der aus Amerika stammende Schriftsteller Mark Twain (1835-1910) bereiste Europa ausführlich und mehrfach. Mit scharfem Blick nahm er dabei nicht nur die Eigenheiten der deutschen Sprache ins Visier (nachzulesen im Essay The Awful German Language), sondern auch die Begeisterung seiner Zeitgenossen für Alpenbesteigungen. Insbesondere die Berichte des Briten Edward Whymper über seine Erstbesteigung des Matter-horns (1865, von Zermatt aus) hatten es...
10) What Is Man?
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In this thought-provoking dialogue, Mark Twain strips away illusions about free will, morality, and the nature of human behavior. Presented as a sharp exchange between a young idealist and a seasoned philosopher, What Is Man? challenges cherished beliefs, probing whether humans are truly autonomous or simply products of their training, environment, and inherent machinery.
Witty, uncompromising, and intellectually bracing, Twain's work pushes listeners...
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"La célebre rana saltarina del distrito de Calaveras" es un cuento corto del escritor estadounidense Mark Twain que narra la historia de un concurso de saltos de ranas en el pueblo de Calaveras. En el relato, un desconocido desafía a los lugareños a participar en una competencia para ver quién tiene la rana más saltarina. Un joven llamado Jim Smiley acepta el desafío y pone todas sus esperanzas en su rana, Dan'l Webster. A medida que avanza...
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Audiolibro narrado en castellano. "Los diarios de Adán y Eva" Mark Twain nos acerca a través de su particular visión y habitual ironía, su propia versión sobre la vida de la primera pareja de seres humanos. Las relaciones entre géneros, las diferencias de pensamiento ante la primera vez del todo, las interpretaciones desde el punto de vista masculino y femenino. Primero Adán desconcertado, práctico y asediado por la curiosidad de su compañera...
13) Eve's Diary
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Though known for his classic novels of adventure and coming of age, Mark Twain is equally esteemed for his short stories, which abound with the colorful characters and often comic antics audiences have come to expect from his longer works. Included here is "Eve's Diary," the comic tale of Eve, the first woman in the Judeao-Christian creation story. Written in diary form, Eve offers a first-person account of her relationship with Adam, life in Eden,...
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Mit diesem Roman setzt 1884 Mark Twain die Geschichten von Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn fort. Twain schöpft auch hier aus seinen Erinnerungen an eine Kindheit am Mississippi und erzählt den Roman aus Sicht des Halbwaisen und sozialen Außenseiters Huck Finn. Dessen naiv-ehrliche Sicht auf die Welt war zu Twains Zeiten revolutionär und machte den Roman zu einem der wichtigsten Bücher der amerikanischen Literaturgeschichte. Hucks Abenteuerreise...
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Known as one of American literature's finest humor writers, Mark Twain took on the travel genre in the series of essays, sketches, and observations collected in The Innocents Abroad. From classic fish-out-of-water shenanigans to keen insight into the differences between American culture and its European and Middle Eastern counterparts, this volume is an engaging and rewarding read.
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In 1590, three boys, Theodor, Seppi, and Nikolaus, live relatively happy simple lives in a remote Austrian village called Eseldorf. One day, a handsome teenage boy named Satan appears in the village. He explains that he is an angel and the nephew of the fallen angel whose name he shares. Young Satan performs several magical feats. He claims to be able to foresee the future and informs the group of unfortunate events that will soon befall those they...
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These two were distantly related to each other seventh cousins, or something of that sort. While still babies they became orphans, and were adopted by the Brants, a childless couple, who quickly grew very fond of them. The Brants were always saying: "Be pure, honest, sober, industrious, and considerate of others, and success in life is assured." The children heard this repeated some thousands of times before they understood it; they could repeat it...
19) A Curious Dream
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If you thought death was the great leveller... think again.
The dream comes across a procession of the dead leaving their neglected graveyard for somewhere offering better conditions... and a conversation with one skeleton suggests that material wealth and status is still an obsession beyond the grave.
20) Die Ameise
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Hin und wieder, wenn wir eine Rast einlegten, beobachteten wir die emsige Ameise bei ihrer Arbeit. Ich konnte nichts Neues an ihr entdecken, und gewiss nichts, was meine Meinung von ihr geändert hätte. Mir scheint, dass die Ameise in Sachen Intelligenz ein merkwürdig überschätzter Vogel ist. Ich habe sie nun während vieler Sommer beobachtet, während ich eigentlich Besseres zu tun gehabt hätte, und mir ist noch keine lebende Ameise untergekommen,...





