This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain’s inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years.Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from the frontier humor of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” to the bitter vision of humankind in “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” to the delightful hilarity of “Is He Living or Is He Dead?” Surging with Twain’s ebullient wit and penetrating insight into the follies of human nature, this volume is a vibrant summation of the career of–in the words of H. L. Mencken–“the father of our national literature.”

    Harrington's washing --Red --Mr. Know-all --The alien corn --The book-bag --The round dozen --The voice of the turtle --The facts of life --Lord Mountdrago --The colonel's lady --The treasure --Rain --P. & O.

    One of the results of its publication in the West was Pasternak's complete rejection by Soviet authorities; when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 he was compelled to decline it. The book quickly became an international best-seller.Dr. Yury Zhivago, Pasternak's alter ego, is a poet, philosopher, and physician whose life is disrupted by the war and by his love for Lara, the wife of a revolutionary. His artistic nature makes him vulnerable to the brutality and harshness of the Bolsheviks. The poems he writes constitute some of the most beautiful writing featured in the novel.

    A little girl remembers a snowman, a pumpkin, and birthday cake. But she doesn’t understand time. Summer, winter, autumn, and spring are all mixed up in her mind. What comes next?Garth William’s classic illustrations beautifully complement this sweet tale as a little girl begins to understand the circular passing of seasons and her excitement when it begins all over again.

    A Selection from The Collected Fictions of Jorge Luis Borges

    Chekhov. Contents 1. Death of a Clerk2. Chameleon3. The Mask4. Woe5. Vanka6. Antagonists7. Dull Story (From an Old Man's Note-book)8. The Grasshopper9. Ward No. 610. The House With the Mansard (An Artist's Story)11. Yonich12. The Man Who Lived in a Shell13. Gooseberries14. The Lady With the Dog15. In the Gully16. The Bride

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    A Penguin Books collection of five of Oscar Wilde's best-known plays.