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The portable Mark Twain,
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Published:
New York, The Viking press, 1946.
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vii, 786 pages 17 cm.
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Satirist, novelist, and keen observer of the American scene, Mark Twain remains one of the world's best-loved writers. This delightful collection of Twain's favorite and most memorable writings includes selected tales and sketches such as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, How I Edited an Agricultural Journal Once, Jim Baker's Blue-Jay Yarn, and A True Story. It also features excerpts from his novels and travel books (including Roughing It, The Innocents Abroad, and Life on the Mississippi, among others; autobiographical and polemical writings; as well as selected letters and speeches. The collection also reprints the complete text of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, including the often omitted raftsmen passage.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Twain, M., & De Voto, B. (1946). The portable Mark Twain. New York, The Viking press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 and Bernard De Voto. 1946. The Portable Mark Twain. New York, The Viking press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 and Bernard De Voto, The Portable Mark Twain. New York, The Viking press, 1946.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Twain, Mark and Bernard De Voto. The Portable Mark Twain. New York, The Viking press, 1946.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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