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    The Jumping Frog and Other Sketches

    By Mark Twain

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    A much celebrated jumping frog, the lack of literature in a gold-mining town, and castaways who eat their own shoes to survive are among the subjects treated by the stories contained in this volume. The Jumping Frog and Other Sketches captures the light and humorous spirit of Mark Twain's early work, inspired by his experiences in the mining districts of California and Nevada. These sketches became widely known in America, India, China and England and launched the solid foundation of the author's fame.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPushkin Press
    Release dateAug 31, 2012
    ISBN9781908968791
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    The Jumping Frog and Other Sketches
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    Mark Twain

    Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Missouri in 1835, the son of a lawyer. Early in his childhood, the family moved to Hannibal, Missouri – a town which would provide the inspiration for St Petersburg in Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. After a period spent as a travelling printer, Clemens became a river pilot on the Mississippi: a time he would look back upon as his happiest. When he turned to writing in his thirties, he adopted the pseudonym Mark Twain ('Mark Twain' is the cry of a Mississippi boatman taking depth measurements, and means 'two fathoms'), and a number of highly successful publications followed, including The Prince and the Pauper (1882), Huckleberry Finn (1884) and A Connecticut Yankee (1889). His later life, however, was marked by personal tragedy and sadness, as well as financial difficulty. In 1894, several businesses in which he had invested failed, and he was declared bankrupt. Over the next fifteen years – during which he managed to regain some measure of financial independence – he saw the deaths of two of his beloved daughters, and his wife. Increasingly bitter and depressed, Twain died in 1910, aged seventy-five.

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    • 4/5
      This book is short stories of Mark Twain. He is one of North America's most famous and best-loved writers.His stories are very intresting,but they have a serious massage.I was impressed with his stories. I like the third story,"Is He Living or Is He Dead?".This story is about the secret of Francois Millet,a famous artist in France.I was surprised at how to win fame. I think some his stories are staire to society.
    • 4/5
      This book has many short stories.The writer of this book is Mark Twain.I like his stories.Some stories in this book make me happy or good feeling.And some stories make me considering seriously. I think he wrote them thinking about what happened in those days.This is a useful book for me.
    • 3/5
      This book is short stories.In it,Jim Smiley and his jumping frogs is main story.Smiley have a strange frog,and the frog can only jump. I am sorry not to be able to write the ending,but I think it is funny story.
    • 4/5
      This book has eight short stories. Especially, "passport to Russia" was most interesting.
    • 3/5
      Mark Twain he is a famous auther of the U.S.A.I did'nt read his book.when I read thisbook.His idea is very interesting and I can't to think of these ideas.