What Is Man? and Other Essays (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

by Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine (Editor), H. L. Mencken (Contribution by)

Overview

What Is Man? and Other Essays showcases Twain at his most insightful and provocative. Brimming with philosophical candor and sparkling with humor, it features "What Is Man?," a conversation that explores free will and morality, and includes poignant autobiographical accounts ("The Death of Jean," "The Turning Point in My Life"), hilarious personal narratives ("Taming the Bicycle," "At the Shrine of St. Wagner"), along with journalism, criticism, and satirical essays. This Warbler Classics edition faithfully reproduces thirty-four playful drawings by Mark Twain that illustrate "How to Make History Dates Stick," "A Simplified Alphabet," and "As Concerns Interpreting the Deity." Also included is "Mark Twain's Americanism" by H. L. Mencken and an extensive biographical timeline of Twain's life and work. Expansive, thoughtful, irreverent, and enormously entertaining, What Is Man? and Other Essays is essential reading for Twain enthusiasts and lovers of American literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781962572736
Publisher:	Warbler Classics
Publication date:	05/14/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	234
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

MARK TWAIN (1835-1910) was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, arguably the greatest humorist the United States has ever produced and the author of travel narratives and novels that have shaped American literature.
ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE (1861-1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain.
H. L. MENCKEN (1880-1956) was a journalist, critic, and satirist whose writings have had an enormous influence on American literature and  public life.

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut

Table of Contents

Contents

What Is Man?

The Death of Jean

The Turning Point in My Life

How to Make History Dates Stick

The Memorable Assassination

A Scrap of Curious History

Switzerland, the Cradle of Liberty

At the Shrine of St. Wagner

William Dean Howells

English as She Is Taught

A Simplified Alphabet

As Concerns Interpreting the Deity

Concerning Tobacco

The Bee

Taming the Bicycle

Is Shakespeare Dead?

Mark Twain's Americanism by H. L. Mencken

Biographical Timeline