The Mysterious Stranger

by Mark Twain

Overview

The Mysterious Stranger, published posthumously in 1916 and belonging to Twain's "dark" period, belies the popular image of the affable American humorist. At the time this work was written, Twain had suffered a series of painful physical, economic, and emotional losses.In this antireligious tale, he denies the existence of a benign Providence, a soul, an afterlife, and even reality itself. As the Stranger in the story asserts, "nothing exists; all is a dream."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573920391
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/1995
Series:	Literary Classics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	122
Sales rank:	239,140
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut