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Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race

By Mark Twain

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0520242459, 9780520242456
LCC
PS1303 .S25 2004
Google Books ID
Ma_8_TJhEJoC
Open Library ID
OL3680446M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3518723 bytes)
Series
Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain 2
Edition
1
Pages
223\223
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Irreverent, charming, eminently quotable, this handbook--an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race--contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain's private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and safety; and more specialized tips, such as those for dealing with annoying salesmen and burglars. Culled from Twain's personal letters, autobiographical writings, speeches, novels, and sketches, these pieces are delightfully fresh, witty, startlingly relevant, and bursting with Twain's characteristic ebullience for life. They also remind us exactly how Mark Twain came to be the most distinctive and well-known American literary voice in the world. These texts, some of them new or out of print for decades, have been selected and meticulously prepared by the editors at the Mark Twain Project.

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