Bøger af Mark Twain

El príncipe y el mendigo fue escrito por Mark Twain, seudónimo de Samuel Langhorne Clemens, en su madurez, cuando contaba cuarenta y dos años. Lo escribió, como muchas otras obras suyas, pensando; más en relatar una buena historia que en hacer una gran obra de arte. No se detuvo a profundizar en el espíritu de sus personajes ni meditó mucho; acerca del lenguaje con que lo hacía la historia de la época, en que los situaba. Es por esto por lo que El príncipe y el mendigo, más un cuento largo que una novela, suele hallarse en la sección juvenil de las bibliotecas, en lo que sería el ``paraíso´´, dedicada a aquellos para quienes lo que se ha dado en llamar literatura es todavía un medio y no un fin en Sí mismo. Por ello también, este libro, entre los demás que escribió, es él más difundido. Con todo, si bien comparte la fama con Tom Sawyer y Huckleberry Finn, es demasiado sencillo para ser calificado por la crítica literaria a su misma altura. La crítica está en lo cierto. El príncipe y el mendigo es un libro plano en el mejor sentido de la palabra. Plano, recto, simétrico, lisa superficie en la que la lectura resbala sin tropiezos desde el comienzo hasta el final, suave, amablemente. No hay en él escollos ni hoyancos, ni sospechas de cóncavas interioridades. Es lo que se dice, lo que se cuenta, lo que está escrito. Narra las aventuras de dos muchachos, uno, príncipe; otro, mendigo, que se parecen extraordinariamente entre si y un buen día, por un accidente, ven trocados sus respectivos lugares en la sociedad.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Library Of Wit And Humor reprint Melville De Lancey Landon, Mark Twain Foutz, 1898 Humor; General; Humor / General

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ..."The Past Definite." "Send out and order it to the front--with chickens. And let them understand that we don't want any more of this cold indilference." He gave the order to an aide, adding, with a haunting tenderness in his tone and a watering mouth in his aspect: "Convey to them the conception that these are unprotected chickens." He turned to me, saluting with his hand to his temple, and explained, "It will inflame their interest in the poultry, sire." A few minutes elapsed. Then the squad marched in and formed up, their faces glowing with enthusiasm, and the file-leader shouted: "Ebbi polli, I had chickens!" "Good!" I said. "Go on, the next." "Arms11' polli, thou hadst chickens!" "Fine! Next!" "Eebe polli, he had chickens!" "'M0ltimoltissimo! Go on, the next!" "Avemmo polli, we had chickens!" "Basta-basta aspettatto avanti--last man--charge./" "Efibero polli, they had chickens!" Then they formed in echelon, by column of fours, refusing the left, and retired in great style on the double quick. I was enchanted, and said: "Now, doctor, that is something like! Chickens are the ticket, there is no doubt about it. What is the next squad?" "The Imperfect." "How does it go?" "Io aveva, I had: 14 avevi, thou hadst, egli aveva, he had, noi av--" "Wait--we've just had the hads. What are you giving me?" "But this is another breed." "What do we want of another breed? Isn't one breed enough? Had is HAD, and your tricking it out in a fresh way of spelling isn't going to make...

This is a beautifully-designed new edition of Mark Twain's classic THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

A compilation of innovative story telling and artistry in comic format by Matt Vroom. This volume includes some of the very first full length comic books written and drawn by Matt. It spans from over a three year period, and touches on genres such as science fiction, holiday fairy tales, and action adventure.

This supplementary program also instructed the excursionists to provide themselves with light musical instruments for amusement in the ship, with saddles for Syrian travel, green spectacles and umbrellas, veils for Egypt, and substantial clothing to use in rough pilgrimizing in the Holy Land. Furthermore, it was suggested that although the ship's library would afford a fair amount of reading matter, it would still be well if each passenger would provide himself with a few guidebooks, a Bible, and some standard works of travel. A list was appended, which consisted chiefly of books relating to the Holy Land, since the Holy Land was part of the excursion and seemed to be its main feature.