Mark Twain saw more of the United States and shared in general a greater variety of characteristic American experiences than any of our other major writers. the selections in this book have been chosen to show the richness of that variety. Not only is Huckleberry Finn here in it entirety, including the famous and rarely printed "raftmen passage," but also The Mysterious Stranger, the climax of Twain's more profound satire. There are substantial excerpts from other works, including Old Times on the Mississippi, A Connecticut Yankee, Europe and Elsewhere; as well as stories, satires, and 28 letters, some previously unpublished.
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