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The Resource Letters from the earth : uncensored writings, Mark Twain ; edited by Bernard Devoto

Letters from the earth : uncensored writings, Mark Twain ; edited by Bernard Devoto

Label
Letters from the earth : uncensored writings
Title
Letters from the earth
Title remainder
uncensored writings
Statement of responsibility
Mark Twain ; edited by Bernard Devoto
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Letters from the Earth -- Papers of the Adam family. Extract from Methuselah's diary ; A later extract from Methuselah's diary ; Extract from Eve's autobiography ; Passage from Eve's autobiography ; The world in the year 920 after creation ; Two fragments from a suppressed book called "Glances at history" or "Outlines of history" ; Extract from Shem's diary of 920 A.C ter to the Earth -- A cat-tale -- Cooper's prose style -- Officia l report to the I.I.A.S. -- The Gorky incident -- Simplified spelling -- S omething about repentance -- From an English notebook. The Albert Memorial ; Old Saint Paul's ; The British Museum -- From the manuscript of "A tramp abroad": the French and the Comanches -- From an unfinished burlesque of bo oks on etiquette. At the funeral ; At a fire ; Visiting cards -- The damned human race. Was the world made for man? ; In the animals' court ; Zola's La terre ; The intelligence of God ; The lowest animal -- The great dark
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Cataloging source
DLC
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1835-1910
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Twain, Mark
Dewey number
818/.409
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS1302
LC item number
.D43 2004
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1897-1955
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De Voto, Bernard
Series statement
Harper Perennial modern classics
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  • American wit and humor
  • American literature
  • American letters
Label
Letters from the earth : uncensored writings, Mark Twain ; edited by Bernard Devoto
Instantiates
Publication
Note
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1962 by Harper & Row, Publishers"--T.p. verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319])
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
2004043353
Dimensions
21 cm.
Edition
First Perennial Classics edition
Extent
ix, 317 pages
Isbn
9780060518653
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Lccn
2004043353
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
Letters from the earth : uncensored writings, Mark Twain ; edited by Bernard Devoto
Publication
Note
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1962 by Harper & Row, Publishers"--T.p. verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319])
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
2004043353
Dimensions
21 cm.
Edition
First Perennial Classics edition
Extent
ix, 317 pages
Isbn
9780060518653
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Lccn
2004043353
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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