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Mark Twain - Farmerboy - 01-17-2009
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.
Mark Twain - gcalvin - 01-17-2009
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-
Mark Twain - alissaroot - 01-18-2009
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
Mark Twain - cookderosa - 01-18-2009
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-
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
Mark Twain - Professor_Adam - 01-18-2009
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.
Mark Twain - nick94 - 04-28-2009
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!
Mark Twain - bpclep - 06-02-2009
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!
Mark Twain - jwilson08 - 06-02-2009
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.
-Gary-
I love that too. Really, though, he's such a picky guy. Wouldn't want him reading anything i wrote...