Mark Twain

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Junior Classic - Book 13 (The Prince and the Pauper, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Oliver Twist, Gulliver's Travels) (Junior Classics)

Beschreibung

The Junior Classics series, comprising twenty titles, introduces young readers to literary masterpieces by celebrated authors, ranging from Charles Dickens and R.L. Stevenson to Louisa M. Alcott and H.G. Wells. Te all-time popular novels packed with colourful illustrations bring alive the lovable characters and can keep children entertained for hours. Each book in the series has a collection of four stories from diverse genres and by di¿erent writers, which makes reading a lot of fun. Toughtfully abridged and told in simple language, this engaging series will kindle the love for reading in children. Tis treasure trove of eighty stories, ranging from adventure, fantasy, satire to mystery and romance, will be a welcome addition to any child's personal library.

Autor

Mark Twain was America's foremost novelist, journalist, and satirist who has been hailed as the "father of American literature. And he was also an accomplished travel writer. Born in Missouri in 1835 as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, he spent his early years as a Mississippi River pilot and as a prospector in Nevada before he settled in California. He wrote his first travel book, "The Innocents Abroad," after an 1867 trip to Palestine. After his second trip to Europe, which took him (and his family) to Germany for the first time, he wrote "A Tramp Abroad." His third trip abroad brought the family to Berlin, from October 1891 to March 1892, first in a tenement in the district of Tiergarten, later in a posh hotel Unter den Linden. Twain was invited to Berlin salons and socialized with Prussian royalty, including the Kaiser. However, he suffered from rheumatism, so he never wrote a book about Berlin, even though he pondered many ideas. He did write a number of shorter pieces, as well as the first chapter of a novel, most of it unpublished up to today. He also met one of his future friends in Berlin, Rudolf Lindau, a well-traveled novelist and Bismarck's press secretary. Eventually, the family would move to Vienna and Italy. Twain embarked on a world tour to pay off his debts. He returned to upstate New York in 1900, where he died ten years later.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rupa Publication
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 149g
• ISBN-13: 9788129138972
• ISBN-10: 8129138972
• Artikelnr.: 45356683