Sketches New and Old

Sketches New and Old

By Mark Twain
Michael Caine
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Length10h 33m

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel." "Sketches New and Old" is a group of fictional stories by Mark Twain. It was published in 1875. It includes the short story "A Ghost Story", among others. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length10 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1MY WATCH
49A NEW CRIME
2POLITICAL ECONOMY
50A CURIOUS DREAM [Written about 1870.]: 'GONE TO HIS JUST REWARD'
3THE JUMPING FROG
51A TRUE STORY
4IN ENGLISH. THEN IN FRENCH. THEN CLAWED BACK INTO A CIVILIZED LANGUAGE ONCE MORE BY PATIENT, UNREMUNERATED TOIL.
52THE SIAMESE TWINS
5THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY [Pronounced Cal-e-va-ras]
53SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET IN LONDON
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6THE JUMPING FROG
54A GHOST STORY
7JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE
55THE CAPITOLINE VENUS
8SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
56CHAPTER I.
9SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
57CHAPTER II.
10THE STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY
58CHAPTER III.
11THE STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY
59CHAPTER IV.
12A COUPLE OF POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORE
60CHAPTER V.
13THOSE EVENING BELLS
61CHAPTER VI.
14THOSE ANNUAL BILLS
62SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE
15NIAGARA
63JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK
16ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
64HOW I EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER
17TO RAISE POULTRY
65THE PETRIFIED MAN
18EXPERIENCE OF THE McWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUP
66MY BLOODY MASSACRE
19MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE
67THE UNDERTAKER'S CHAT
20HOW THE AUTHOR WAS SOLD IN NEWARK
68CONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDS
21THE OFFICE BORE
69AURELIA'S UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN
22JOHNNY GREER
70"AFTER" JENKINS
23THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACT: THE UNITED STATES
71ABOUT BARBERS
24THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER: The United States in account with the legal representatives of George Fisher, deceased.
72"PARTY CRIES" IN IRELAND
25DISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOY
73THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT RESIGNATION [Written about 1867]: WASHINGTON, December, 1867.
26THE JUDGE'S "SPIRITED WOMAN"
74HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
27INFORMATION WANTED
75HONORED AS A CURIOSITY
28SOME LEARNED FABLES, FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS IN THREE PARTS
76FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD
29PART FIRST HOW THE ANIMALS OF THE WOOD SENT OUT A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION
77CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS: THE STRANGER'S NARRATIVE
30SOME LEARNED FABLES FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS PART SECOND HOW THE ANIMALS OF THE WOOD COMPLETED THEIR SCIENTIFIC LABORS
78THE KILLING OF JULIUS CAESAR "LOCALIZED"
31SOME LEARNED FABLES FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS
79THE WIDOW'S PROTEST
32PART THIRD
80THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST
33MY LATE SENATORIAL SECRETARYSHIP
81CURING A COLD
34A FASHION ITEM
82A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION
35RILEY—NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT
83ADVERTISEMENT
36A FINE OLD MAN
84DEPARTURE OF THE COMET
37SCIENCE V.S. LUCK
85THE POSTAL SERVICE
38THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
86THE INHABITANTS OF STARS
39MR. BLOKE'S ITEM
87A GREAT FORCE OF MISSIONARIES,
40A MEDIEVAL ROMANCE [written about 1868]
88THE DOG STAR
41CHAPTER I. THE SECRET REVEALED.
89A STUPENDOUS VOYAGE
42CHAPTER II. FESTIVITY AND TEARS
90FIRST-CLASS FARE
43CHAPTER III. THE PLOT THICKENS
91OLD RAMSHACKLE COMETS
44CHAPTER IV. THE AWFUL REVELATION
92WE CARRY BULLETIN-BOARDS
45CHAPTER V. THE FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE
93FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS,
46PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT: A PARAGRAPH NOT ADDED TO THE PETITION
94RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
47AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
95A MYSTERIOUS VISIT
48LIONIZING MURDERERS

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