Sketches New and Old
Mark Twain
Twain's first popular collection, gathered in 1875 from his early newspaper years. Includes The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, the sketch that made him famous coast to coast.
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The 1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New StoriesTwain's 1893 collection led by the famous tale of a penniless American handed a million-pound note in London. Eleven late-career sketches on luck, manners, and the comedy of mistaken status.
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