How To Tell A Story and Other Essays

How To Tell A Story and Other Essays

By Mark Twain
Michael Caine
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Length6h 5m

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How to Tell a Story and Other Essays (1897 is a series of essays by Mark Twain. In them, he describes his own writing style, attacks the idiocy of a fellow author, defends the virtue of a dead woman, and tries to protect ordinary citizens from insults by railroad conductors. The essays contained include How to Tell a Story, The Wounded Soldier, The Golden Arm, Mental Telegraphy Again, and The Invalid's Story.

Audiobook details

GenreTravel, General Fiction
Length6 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Content
13GOLDSMITH'S FRIEND ABROAD AGAIN
2HOW TO TELL A STORY
14LETTER I
3THE WOUNDED SOLDIER.
15LETTER II
4THE GOLDEN ARM.
16LETTER III
5MENTAL TELEGRAPHY AGAIN
17LETTER IV
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6THE INVALID’S STORY
18LETTER V
7IN DEFENSE OF HARRIET SHELLEY
19LETTER VI
8I
20LETTER VII
9II
211601
10III
22INTRODUCTION
11FENIMORE COOPER'S LITERARY OFFENCES
23THE FIRST PRINTING Verbatim Reprint
12ESSAYS ON PAUL BOURGET
24NOTES To Frivolity

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