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The Stolen White Elephant

Mark Twain

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Mark Twain at his best 5 out of 5 stars.
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"The Stolen White Elephant" is a broad farce mocking the self-proclaimed omniscience of many fictional detectives, told entirely in the form of a series of ridiculous telegraphs. Revolving around the theft of a literal white elephant, the gift of the King of Siam, this manifestly absurd story is nevertheless modeled after the real life efforts of a blundering New York Police Department to recover the corpse of one Alexander T. Stewart, stolen from his family vault in 1878.

Murder 5 out of 5 stars.
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Mark Twain gave advice to a young man who wanted to be a writer: "When you catch an adjective, ill it. No, I don't mean that utterly, but kill the most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together, they give strength whenthe are wide apart. An adjective-habit, or a wordy, diffuse, or flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any other vice."

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"Never mind about that. I may, and I may not. We generally gather a pretty shrewd inkling of who our man is by the manner of his work and the size of the game he goes after. We are not dealing with a pickpocket or a hall thief now, make up your mind to that. This property was not 'lifted' by a novice.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/Tom Sawyer (Junior Classics)

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A box set featuring Twain's two classic works "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (The Illus Children's Library)

Mark Twain

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Awesome boooooook! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I read an awesome book called The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. If you read this book you will get sucked in like a vacuum. Its about a boy who gets in trouble a lot. His favorite thing to eat is an apple. My favorite part is when Tom gets lost in the cave. When they were lost Tom found the...... You will have to find out so read the book.

Cool for Kids! 3 out of 5 stars.
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER would receive four stars instead of three--IF Mark Twain didn't put romance in it. Tom skips school and has some incredible times with his friends Huck Finn and Joe Harper.
Some of these adventures are re-enacted fantasy (such as playing pirates) and some are real (such as witnessing a murder). Kids of all ages will therefore like how they head to an island for their piracy. Of course they have so long a fun-time there that they are presumed dead--only to return in time for their own funeral!
The murder is bad news but discovering treasure is good news--beyond their wildest dreams. Twain was quite the dreamer himself so I recommend this book for ages 8 & up. Younger kids can "fast-forward" past Tom's engagement at age 13!

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As part of the wonderful Collector's Library series, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the best-loved children's classics of all time. This attractive volume contains the complete and unabridged story with 8 full color illustrations, plus numerous black & white illustrations throughout. The deluxe edition features a full piece cloth case, a four color illustrated onlay on the front cover, foil stamping on front and spine, stained edges on three sides, printed endpapers with book plate and a satin ribbon marker. This book should have an honored place in any child's library.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete (Large Print)

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This classic large print title is printed in 16 point Tiresias font as recommended by the Royal National Institute for the Blind

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Dover Large Print Classics)

Mark Twain

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Large Print Book availability 5 out of 5 stars.
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I am so glad I was able to find this large print so quickly for my special needs student.

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Climb aboard the raft with Huck and Jim and drift away from the "sivilized" life and into a world of adventure, excitement, danger, and self-discovery. Huck's shrewd and humorous narrative is complemented by lyrical descriptions of the Mississippi valley and a sparkling cast of memorable characters. Large print edition.

Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer (La punta del iceberg) (Spanish Edition)

Mark Twain

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Signet Classics)

Mark Twain

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Huck and Tom, my sentimental childhood friends... 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is the first novel that I ever remember reading and thank the lord for Mark Twain and what he did for me. I was amazed, as a young boy of eight, that a book could bring me so much pleasure. I loved the adventure and romance of Twain's world and thirty years later remember the adventures he took me on and the charachters he introduced me to. True, this is not the depth of James Fenimore Cooper, the detail of Clancy, the clarity of thought of Dostoyevsky or even the shock of Steven King, but it is classic American literature and had it not been for Tom and Huck, I may have never learned to love to read as I do. This book should be read by every young person.

adventures of tom sawyer and adventures of huckleberry finn 2 out of 5 stars.
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i did not like the book adventures of tom sawyer because i thought the book was to slow. they would carry on and on about things that were not that important. in my opinion i think that junior high kids should read this book. i thought that the book was like a roller coaster because one chapter you start getting to the climax and it just turns on you and goes to something differnt that is not even involved in thier adventure.

Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer (Clasicos de la literatura series) (Spanish Edition)

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A charming rendering of Tom Sawyer into Castellano 5 out of 5 stars.
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The pre-purchase information for this product was skimpy. But the book itself is excellent. The translators did a very faithful job of sticking to the original flavor and spirit of this work, which I know almost by heart (English-language version), having read it six times as a child. I can think of no other book I would want more in a foreign-language version, and I doubt any other Spanish rendering would surpass this one.

Massively enjoyable and entertaining, and not just because Mark Twain originally authored it!

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For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including theater, novels, poems, and essays.

Los lectores tomarán un gran placer en descubrir los clásicos con estas bellas y económicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Esta selección editorial cuenta con títulos que abarcan todos los géneros literarios, desde teatro, narrativa, poesía y el ensayo.

El yanqui en la corte del Rey Arturo (Clasicos de la literatura series) (Spanish Edition)

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For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including theater, novels, poems, and essays.

Los lectores tomarán un gran placer en descubrir los clásicos con estas bellas y económicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Esta selección editorial cuenta con títulos que abarcan todos los géneros literarios, desde teatro, narrativa, poesía y el ensayo.

The Prince and the Pauper (Modern Library Classics)

Mark Twain

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Good Writing, Good Plot, but Average Reading. 3 out of 5 stars.
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The Prince and the Pauper was written in a very good style, it kept up with the society and language of the time period very well. Also, it displayed the stylish and luxrious lifestyle of the royality, along with the power. It was quite enjoyable in that it provided discriptions of the pomp and simplicity of the plot. However, numerous parts of the book were very tragic and depressing, and showed a little bit too much of the hardships put upon the characters, and could be a little inappropriate at times.

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Set in sixteenth-century England, Mark Twain’s classic “tale for young people of all ages” features two identical-looking boys—a prince and a pauper—who trade clothes and step into each other’s lives. While the urchin, Tom Canty, discovers luxury and power, Prince Edward, dressed in rags, roams his kingdom and experiences the cruelties inflicted on the poor by the Tudor monarchy. As Christopher Paul Curtis observes in his Introduction, The Prince and the Pauper is “funny, adventurous, and exciting, yet also chock-full of . . . exquisitely reasoned harangues against society’s ills.”

This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the Mark Twain Project edition, which is the approved text of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association.