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A Connecticut Yankee in
King Arthur’s Court
Edited with an Introduction by
Justin Kaplan
This imaginary confrontation of a
nineteenth-century American with life
in sixth-century England is both a rich,
extravagant comedy and an apocalyptic
vision of terrifying violence and
destruction.
416 pp. 978-0-14-043064-6 $10.00
The Innocents Abroad
Introduction by Tom Quirk and Notes by
Guy Cardwell
These irreverent writings on travel in
Europe are a burlesque of the sentimental
travel books popular in the midnineteenth
century and launched Twain’s
career. Bringing his fresh and humorous
perspective to bear on hallowed European
landmarks, Twain ultimately concludes
that, for better or worse, “human nature is
very much the same all over the world.”
560 pp. 978-0-14-243708-7 $15.00
Life on the Mississippi
Introduction by James M. Cox
Twain’s firsthand portrait of the
steamboat age and the science of
riverboat piloting recalls the history of the
Mississippi River, from its discovery by
Europeans to the writer’s own time.
464 pp. 978-0-14-039050-6 $11.00
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The Prince and the Pauper
Introduction by Jerry Griswold
This 1881 novel about a poor boy, Tom
Canty, who exchanges identities with
Edward Tudor, the prince of England, is
at once an adventure story, a fantasy of
timeless appeal, and an intriguing example
of the author’s abiding preoccupation
with separating the true from the false, the
genuine from the impostor. Included is
the story “A Boy’s Adventure,” written as
part of the novel but published separately.
224 pp. 978-0-14-043669-3 $10.00
Pudd’nhead Wilson
Edited with an Introduction by
Malcolm Bradbury
While it retains the comic exuberance of
Huckleberry Finn, this is Twain’s darker
and more disturbing account of human
nature under slavery.
320 pp. 978-0-14-043040-0 $12.00
Roughing It
Edited with an Introduction by Hamlin Hill
A fascinating picture of the American
frontier emerges from Twain’s
fictionalized recollections of his
experiences prospecting for gold,
speculating in timber, and writing for a
succession of small Western newspapers
during the 1860s.
592 pp. 978-0-14-039010-0 $15.00