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The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories (7 Works)

by Mark Twain and Edmund Reiss

First published 1916

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[The title short story]… wrestles with questions of God and evil. It tells of a callous angel who drops in on a village and wreaks havoc. The angel makes tiny clay people come alive and then, for amusement, destroys them with a storm, a fire and an earthquake…” – Nicholas D. Kristof

Contains:

The mysterious stranger A horse’s tale Extract from Captain Stormfield’s visit to heaven A fable My platonic sweetheart Hunting the deceitful turkey The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm.

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Mark Twain, 1835–1910, United States.

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Publisher
ReadHowYouWant
ISBN
979-8-6992-2399-2 +8
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Publisher
ReadHowYouWant
ISBNs
  • 979-8-6992-2399-2
  • 978-1-0914-1792-2
  • 978-0-486-27069-2
  • 978-0-342-90860-8
  • 979-8-6749-5770-6
  • 978-0-451-52924-4
  • 978-1-4270-8195-7
  • 978-1-0937-4865-9
  • 978-1-7918-4656-5
Author
Twain, Mark, 1835–1910 · Reiss, Edmund
Statement
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories (7 Works) / Mark Twain and Edmund Reiss.
Records
Open Library

Subjects

  • American Humorous stories
  • Quotations
  • United States in fiction
  • United states, social life and customs, fiction
  • American fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • Children's fiction
  • United States
  • Mark Twain (1835-1910)