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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a 1906 collection of 30 comic short stories by American humorist and writer Mark Twain.
Published just 4 years before his death, this was the last time he chose works from throughout his career, in an effort to show the variety of his style and the breadth and depth of his interests. (From Wikipedia.)
The collection includes the following stories:
"The $30,000 Bequest"
"A Dog's Tale"
"Was It Heaven? Or Hell?"
"A Cure for the Blues"
"The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant"
"The Californian's Tale"
"A Helpless Situation"
"A Telephonic Conversation"
"Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale"
"The Five Boons of Life"
"The First Writing Machines"
"Italian Without a Master"
"Italian With Grammar"
"A Burlesque Biography"
"How To Tell A Story"
"Wit Inspirations of the "Two Year-Olds""
"An Entertaining Article"
"A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury"
"Amended Obituaries"
"A Monument to Adam"
"A Humane Word from Satan"
"Introduction to "The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English""
"Advice to Little Girls"
"Post-Mortem Poetry"
"The Danger of Lying in Bed"
"Portrait of King William III"
"Does the Race of Man Love a Lord?"
"Extracts from Adam's Diary"
"Eve's Diary"
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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a 1906 collection of 30 comic short stories by American humorist and writer Mark Twain.
Published just 4 years before his death, this was the last time he chose works from throughout his career, in an effort to show the variety of his style and the breadth and depth of his interests. (From Wikipedia.)
The collection includes the following stories:
"The $30,000 Bequest"
"A Dog's Tale"
"Was It Heaven? Or Hell?"
"A Cure for the Blues"
"The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant"
"The Californian's Tale"
"A Helpless Situation"
"A Telephonic Conversation"
"Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale"
"The Five Boons of Life"
"The First Writing Machines"
"Italian Without a Master"
"Italian With Grammar"
"A Burlesque Biography"
"How To Tell A Story"
"Wit Inspirations of the "Two Year-Olds""
"An Entertaining Article"
"A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury"
"Amended Obituaries"
"A Monument to Adam"
"A Humane Word from Satan"
"Introduction to "The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English""
"Advice to Little Girls"
"Post-Mortem Poetry"
"The Danger of Lying in Bed"
"Portrait of King William III"
"Does the Race of Man Love a Lord?"
"Extracts from Adam's Diary"
"Eve's Diary"

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