Sketches New and Old: Originally Illustrated

by Mark Twain

Overview

"I have scattered through this volume a mass of matter which has never been in print before (...) not doing this in order to make an advertisement of it, but because these things seemed

instructive.

-Mark Twain, Preface Sketches New and Old (1875)

Sketches New and Old (1875) by Mark Twain is a collection of short stories published first as newspaper articles all with Twain's humorous writing style.

This jacketed hardcover replica of the 1893 edition of Sketches New and Old, with the authentic illustrations by True Williams is an enjoyable little read.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646793754
Publisher:	Cosimo Classics
Publication date:	01/01/1900
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

MARK TWAIN (1835-1910), pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer who became one of America's greatest and most popular writers. Twain was born in Florida, Missouri, and grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, the state which influenced much of his writing. Twain acquired fame for his travel stories such as Life on the Mississippi (1883), and for his boyhood adventure novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut