Редактор: Stanley Appelbaum The author of outstanding travel books, autobiographical works and novels, including the classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910) is regarded by many as America's finest humorist and a major writer of short stories The four selections in this volume ожырк span his entire writing career and are among his best-known stories They include `The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,` one of Twain's most amusing pieces of folk humor, first published in 1865; `The 1,000,000 Bank Note,` a light hearted exploration of the power of money; `The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,` a masterfully written short story about greed; and his last work, `The Mysterious Stranger,` a novelette published posthumously in 1916, presenting Twain's rather grim views of God, man and the universe Содержание The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County c 6-10 The 1,000,000 Bank-Note c 11-25 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg c 26-60 The Mysterious Stranger c 61-126 Автор Марк Твен Mark Twain Родился во Флориде, штат Миссури В городок Ганнибал на Миссисипи, будущий Санкт-Петербург самых знаменитых книг Твена «Приключения Тома Сойера» (1876) и «Приключения Гекльберри Финна» (1884), семья судьи Клеменса перебралась, когда будущему писателю.  ВоспитаниеСерия: Dover Thrift Editions.