"Nadie podría vivir con quien dijera siempre la verdad" M. T. Entre las distintas variantes de mazorcas de maíz y de especies de marsupiales, la pluma de Twain no sólo se erige como instrumento de burla, sino que se alimenta de la energia, el color y el movimiento que provocan la propia inercia y entropia de sus personajes: hombres y mujeres que insisten en ver el mundo a su manera y no escatiman en exagerar detalles, negarse a reconocer lo evidente, o recurrir a la hiperbole, incluso a la fanfarroneria. No es que mientan, es que deciden creerse sus propios embustes como el famoso entrenador de una atletica rana en La celebre rana saltarina del condado de Calaveras. Algunos son pobres diablos, garrulos de pueblo como el coronel Jack y el coronel Jim, que no alcanzan a ver la diferencia entre un coche y un omnibus, o mujeres al borde del ataque de nervios, como la insoportable señora McWilliams y su particular lucha contra la difteria. Pero todos ellos, desde un profano editor de un periodico agricola que confunde los nabos con las manzanas hasta el sufrido huesped de hotel europeo que no soporta los desayunos continentales, conforman un intrepido retrato robot de una America que ya no existe, pero cuya estela perdura en las capas freaticas de la sociedad estadounidense moderna.
This title is ideal for young readers who can experience the wonder of this timeless story in an easy to read abridged format. The audio CD enables young readers to listen to the story, whilst following along with the book. It is aimed at children aged 7 to 9 years old. 'Tom Sawyer liked adventures, which means he was always getting in trouble'. Searching for treasure, witnessing a murder, getting caught in a bat cave, tricking others into doing his work, running away with Huckleberry Finn - Tom Sawyer's antics and mischief-making are sheer, child-pleasing delight. Every boy and girl should experience the joy and fun of this classic tale.
Tom Sawyer es un huérfano que vive con su tía Polly. Y no es un niño modélico. Como cabecilla de la panda que forma con sus amigos Joe Harper y Huckleberry Finn, vive aventuras emocionantes jugando a los piratas en la Isla de Jackson, pescando, haciendo excursiones nocturnas o incluso simulando la muerte para asistir a su propio funeral. Pero todo se oscurece cuando Tom es testigo de un asesinato y el asesino decide eliminar al incomodo testigo.Mark Twain nos retrata a un heroe moderno que refleja ironicamente la America racista y supersticiosa de mediados del siglo XIX. Una novela dirigida a los niños, pero tambien a los adultos, para que no olviden las hazañas de la juventud.
Classic / American English (Available February 2008) Mark Twain is one of Americas most famous and best-loved writers. He wrote about every important subject of his time. Twains stories are usually amusing but with a serious message too. You will read about peoples hopes and fears, happiness and terrible sadnessand wonderful practical jokes
CONTENTS:1. The Gilded Age: A Tale Of Today2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer3. The Prince and the Pauper4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn5. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court6. The American Claimant7. Tom Sawyer Abroad8. Puddnhead Wilson9. Tom Sawyer, Detective10. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc11. A Horses Tale12. The Mysterious Stranger13. A Double Barreled Detective Story (BONUS)
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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of Mark Twain" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This is The Complete Works of Americas favourite storyteller Mark Twain. The eBook contains over 60 novels and shorter texts (short stories, essays, letters, speeches). Twain began his career writing light, humorous verse, but evolved into a chronicler of the vanities, hypocrisies and murderous acts of mankind. At mid-career, with Huckleberry Finn, he combined rich humor, sturdy narrative and social criticism. Twain was a master at rendering colloquial speech and helped to create and popularize a distinctive American literature built on American themes and language. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn attempts to solve a mysterious murder which takes them onboard a steamboat back to Arkansas, gets them tangled up with diamond thieves and the ghost of a missing burglar. In this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time Tom and Huck find themselves with Uncle Silas and his family again (see "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"). Like the two preceding novels, the story is told using the first person narrative voice of Huck Finn. Mark Twain was greatly inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyles writings and Tom and Hucks relationship is by many compared to that of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.Tom Sawyer, Detective is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is the fourth books in the series of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894).
This book contains the Tom Sawyer complete collection.- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Tom Sawyer Abroad- Tom Sawyer, Detective
