The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. 190+ Humorous Tales & SketchesBy Mark Twain
Length113h 22m
About this audiobook
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (Illustrated) gathers the author's extraordinary range in brief fiction: frontier sketches, comic hoaxes, moral fables, ghostly anecdotes, and sharply edged social satires. Written in Twain's unmistakable vernacular style, these stories transform American speech into literary art, blending deadpan humor with irony, anecdotal pacing, and democratic skepticism. In the context of nineteenth-century American realism, the collection reveals Twain's movement beyond genteel conventions toward a literature rooted in oral storytelling, regional identity, and the contradictions of modern life. Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, drew upon experiences as a Mississippi river pilot, printer, journalist, lecturer, and traveler. His intimate knowledge of American manners, class pretensions, racial injustice, and frontier myth supplied the materials for his fiction. The short story form suited his gifts: quick observation, comic timing, and the ability to expose cruelty or absurdity beneath ordinary speech. This illustrated edition is recommended for readers seeking both entertainment and literary depth. It offers an essential portrait of Twain's genius in miniature—witty, restless, humane, and often unsettling.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Humor
Length113 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 18, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
134The Captain's Story
2Introduction
135A Curious Experience
3Author Biography
136Mrs. Mc Williams and the Lightning
4Historical Context
137Meisterschaft
5Synopsis (Selection)
138The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories
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6Novelettes
139The Million Pound Bank Note
7A Double Barrelled Detective Story
140Mental Telegraphy
8Part I.
141The Enemy Conquered
9Part II.
142About all Kinds of Ships
10Those Extraordinary Twins
143Playing Courier
11Chapter I. The Twins as They Really Were
144The German Chicago
12Chapter II. Ma Cooper Gets All Mixed Up
145A Petition to the Queen of England
13Chapter III. Angelo is Blue
146A Majestic Literary Fossil
14Chapter IV. Supernatural Chronometry
147The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
15Chapter V. Guilt and Innocence Finely Blent
148The $30,000 Bequest
16Chapter VI. The Amazing Duel
149A Dog's Tale
17Chapter VII. Luigi Defies Galen
150Was It Heaven? Or Hell?
18Chapter VIII. Baptism of the Better Half
151A Cure for the Blues
19Chapter IX. The Drinkless Drunk
152The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant
20Chapter X. So They Hanged Luigi
153The Californian's Tale
21Final Remarks
154A Helpless Situation
22The Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut
155A Telephonic Conversation
23The Stolen White Elephant
156Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale
24Chapter I.
157The Five Boons of Life
25Chapter II.
158The First Writing Machines
26Chapter III.
159Italian Without a Master
27The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
160Italian With Grammar
28Chapter I.
161A Burlesque Biography
29Chapter II.
162How To Tell A Story
30Chapter III.
163General Washington's Negro Body-Servant
31Chapter IV.
164Wit Inspirations of the "Two Year-Olds"
32Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven
165An Entertaining Article
33Chapter I.
166A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury
34Chapter II.
167Amended Obituaries
35Short Story Collections
168A Monument to Adam
36The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches
169A Humane Word from Satan
37The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
170Introduction to "The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English"
38Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man
171Advice to Little Girls
39A Complaint about Correspondents, Dated in San Francisco
172Post-Mortem Poetry
40Answers to Correspondents
173The Danger of Lying in Bed
41Among the Fenians
174Portrait of King William III
42The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn't Come to Grief
175Does the Race of Man Love a Lord?
43Curing a Cold
176Extracts from Adam's Diary
44An Inquiry about Insurances
177Eve's Diary
45Literature in the Dry Diggings
178Extract From Adam's Diary
46'After' Jenkins
179The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches
47Lucretia Smith's Soldier
180The Curious Republic of Gondour
48The Killing of Julius Caesar 'Localized'
181A Memory
49An Item which the Editor Himself could not Understand
182Introductory to "Memoranda"
50Among the Spirits
183About Smells
51Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington
184A Couple of Sad Experiences
52A Touching Story of George Washington's Boyhood
185Dan Murphy
53A Page from a Californian Almanac
186The "Tournament" in A. D. 1870
54Information for the Million
187Curious Relic for Sale
55The Launch of the Steamer Capital
188A Reminiscence of the Back Settlements
56Origin of Illustrious Men
189A Royal Compliment
57Advice for Good Little Girls
190The Approaching Epidemic
58Concerning Chambermaids
191The Tone-Imparting Committee
59Remarkable Instances of Presence of Mind
192Our Precious Lunatic
60Honored as a Curiosity in Honolulu
193The European Wars
61The Steed 'Oahu'
194The Wild Man Interviewed
62A Strange Dream
195Last Words of Great Men
63Short and Singular Rations
196Alonzo Fitz, and Other Stories
64Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance
197The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton
65Burlesque Autobiography
198On the Decay of the Art of Lying
66Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance
199About Magnanimous-Incident Literature
67Sketches New and Old
200Punch, Brothers, Punch
68My Watch
201The Great Revolution in Pitcairn
69Political Economy
202The Canvasser's Tale
70The Jumping Frog
203An Encounter with an Interviewer
71Journalism in Tennessee
204Paris Notes
72The Story of the Bad Little Boy
205Legend of Sagnfeld, In Germany
73The Story of the Good Little Boy
206Speech on the Babies
74A Couple of Poems by Twain and Moore
207Speech on the Weather
75Niagara
208Concerning the American Language
76Answers to Correspondents
209Rogers
77To Raise Poultry
210Mark Twain’s Library of Humor
78Experience of the McWilliamses with Membranous Croup
211The Tomb of Adam
79My First Literary Venture
212Abelard and Heloise
80How the Author Was Sold in Newark
213A Genuine Mexican Plug
81The Office Bore
214A Day's Work
82Johnny Greer
215Dick Baker's Cat
83The Facts in the Case of the Great Beef Contract
216A Restless Night
84The Case of George Fisher
217A Dose of Pain Killer
85Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy
218European Diet
86The Judges 'Spirited Woman'
219Nevada Nabobs in New York
87Information Wanted
220A Dog in Church
88Some Learned Fables, for Good Old Boys and Girls
221Blue-Jays
89My Late Senatorial Secretaryship
222Our Italian Guide
90A Fashion Item
223Lost in the Snow
91Riley-Newspaper Correspondent
224The Cayote
92A Fine Old Man
225Col. Sellers at Home
93Science vs. Luck
226Other Stories
94The Late Benjamin Franklin
227Goldsmith’s Friend Abroad Again
95Mr. Bloke's Item
228Little Bessie
96A Medieval Romance
229Little Nelly Tells a Story Out of Her Own Head
97Petition Concerning Copyright
230My Platonic Sweetheart
98After-Dinner Speech
231The War Prayer
99Lionizing Murderers
232A Fable
100A New Crime
233Hunting the Deceitful Turkey
101A Curious Dream
234The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm
102A True Story
2351601
103The Siamese Twins
236Biography
104Speech at the Scottish Banquet in London
237Mark Twain: A Biography by Albert Bigelow Paine
105A Ghost Story
238Volume I. Part 1: 1835-1866 (pt. 1)
106The Capitoline Venus
239Volume I. Part 1: 1835-1866 (pt. 2)
107Speech on Accident Insurance
240Volume I. Part 1: 1835-1866 (pt. 3)
108John Chinaman in New York
241Volume I. Part 1: 1835-1866 (pt. 4)
109How I Edited an Agricultural Paper
242Volume I. Part 2: 1866-1875 (pt. 1)
110The Petrified Man
243Volume I. Part 2: 1866-1875 (pt. 2)
111My Bloody Massacre
244Volume I. Part 2: 1866-1875 (pt. 3)
112The Undertaker's Chat
245Volume I. Part 2: 1866-1875 (pt. 4)
113Concerning Chambermaids
246Volume II. Part 1: 1875-1886 (pt. 1)
114Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man
247Volume II. Part 1: 1875-1886 (pt. 2)
115'After' Jenkins
248Volume II. Part 1: 1875-1886 (pt. 3)
116About Barbers
249Volume II. Part 1: 1875-1886 (pt. 4)
117'Party Cries' in Ireland
250Volume II. Part 2: 1886-1900 (pt. 1)
118The Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation
251Volume II. Part 2: 1886-1900 (pt. 2)
119History Repeats Itself
252Volume II. Part 2: 1886-1900 (pt. 3)
120Honored as a Curiosity
253Volume II. Part 2: 1886-1900 (pt. 4)
121First Interview with Artemus Ward
254Volume III. Part 1: 1900-1907 (pt. 1)
122Cannibalism in the Cars
255Volume III. Part 1: 1900-1907 (pt. 2)
123The Killing of Julius Caesar 'Localized'
256Volume III. Part 1: 1900-1907 (pt. 3)
124The Widow's Protest
257Volume III. Part 1: 1900-1907 (pt. 4)
125The Scriptural Panoramist
258Volume III. Part 2: 1907-1910 (pt. 1)
126Curing a Cold
259Volume III. Part 2: 1907-1910 (pt. 2)
127A Curious Pleasure Excursion
260Volume III. Part 2: 1907-1910 (pt. 3)
128Running for Governor
261Volume III. Part 2: 1907-1910 (pt. 4)
129A Mysterious Visit
262Volume III. Part 2: 1907-1910 (pt. 5)
130Merry Tales
263Analysis
131The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
264Reflection
132The Invalid's Story
265Memorable Quotes
133Luck
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