| Poll: What is your favorite Mark Twain book? This poll is closed. |
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| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 8 | 28.57% | |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 4 | 14.29% | |
| The Prince and the Pauper | 3 | 10.71% | |
| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | 6 | 21.43% | |
| Other (specify) | 3 | 10.71% | |
| I don't care for Mark Twain | 4 | 14.29% | |
| Total | 28 vote(s) | 100% | |
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01-17-2009, 07:40 PM
Politics have consumed the off-topic area for almost a year and it is time for change for changes sake. I absolutely love Mark Twain's book's, they are so humorous and yet subtly attack a lot of wrong thinking from his time period. So I thought it would be fun to run a poll and see which of his books you guys liked the best and why.
01-17-2009, 08:43 PM
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not only my favorite Twain book, but my favorite book generally. But my favorite writing of Twain's is his short essay called Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses. He mercilessly carves up the writing style of James Fenimore Cooper, especially his novel The Deerslayer. It's hilarious.
-Gary- 
01-18-2009, 12:34 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-18-2009, 01:03 AM by alissaroot.)
I think The Diaries of Adam and Eve are my personal favorites, but Twain has a lot of good ones.
Eve's Diary, Complete by Mark Twain - Project Gutenberg --Eve's Extracts from Adam's Diary, translated from the original ms. by Mark Twain - Project Gutenberg --Adam's
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01-18-2009, 11:20 AM
gcalvin Wrote:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not only my favorite Twain book, but my favorite book generally. But my favorite writing of Twain's is his short essay called Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses. He mercilessly carves up the writing style of James Fenimore Cooper, especially his novel The Deerslayer. It's hilarious.>> Gary, mine too. I wouldn't have known about it had I not taken the American Literature CLEP. LOL Of course, it made me want to read the Leatherstocking series 
01-18-2009, 11:38 AM
This is a good post. I loved American Literature. It was easily my most "enjoyable" exam. Now if only you could get a great paying job with an advanced degree in literature or history!
Life would be grand.
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04-28-2009, 02:14 PM
Out of the list provided I like the adventures of Huckleberry Finn but my favorite story of his is the 1,000,000 pound banknote!
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06-02-2009, 06:26 AM
nick94 Wrote:Out of the list provided I like the adventures of Huckleberry Finn but my favorite story of his is the 1,000,000 pound banknote!I like that one too! 
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06-02-2009, 05:24 PM
gcalvin Wrote:But my favorite writing of Twain's is his short essay called Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses. He mercilessly carves up the writing style of James Fenimore Cooper, especially his novel The Deerslayer. It's hilarious. I love that too. Really, though, he's such a picky guy. Wouldn't want him reading anything i wrote...
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