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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is one of the most beloved of Mark Twain's tales. Notable for the shaggy-dog quality of the story-within- the-story, this early work of humorous short prose was Twain's first big success as a writer. Seeking someone named Smiley, a man comes to a mining camp and meets a fellow who tells him of another Smiley, an inveterate betting man. One day, this Smiley caught a frog and trained it to out-jump any other frog; but when a stranger appeared at the camp, Smiley's famed gambling skills were tested severely ... This volume also includes two other Twain gems: The Million-Pound Bank Note, in which a down-and-out American in London is challenged by two rich men to survive with only a rare million-pound bill to his name; and Luck, which tells of both a great hero of the Crimean War and the only man who knows how he attained such a status.
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County & Other Stories, Mark Twain
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- Année de publication
- 2018
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- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Mark Twain
- Éditeur
- Momentum Books
- Publié
- 2018
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 64
- ISBN10
- 1911475231
- ISBN13
- 9781911475231
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Humour, Classiques, Nouvelles, Littérature américaine, L'école
- Évaluation
- 3,75 sur 5
- Description
- The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is one of the most beloved of Mark Twain's tales. Notable for the shaggy-dog quality of the story-within- the-story, this early work of humorous short prose was Twain's first big success as a writer. Seeking someone named Smiley, a man comes to a mining camp and meets a fellow who tells him of another Smiley, an inveterate betting man. One day, this Smiley caught a frog and trained it to out-jump any other frog; but when a stranger appeared at the camp, Smiley's famed gambling skills were tested severely ... This volume also includes two other Twain gems: The Million-Pound Bank Note, in which a down-and-out American in London is challenged by two rich men to survive with only a rare million-pound bill to his name; and Luck, which tells of both a great hero of the Crimean War and the only man who knows how he attained such a status.