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"Upon the border of a remote and out-of-the-way village in south-western Missouri lived an old farmer named John Gray ..." In 1876, the same year The adventures of Tom Sawyer was published, Mark Twain wrote a story for The Atlantic monthly. He...

Two half brothers look so similar as infants that no one can tell them apart. One, the legitimate son of a rich man, is destined for a life of comfort, while the other is condemned to be a slave as he is part black. The mother of the would-be...

Five speeches by the master at making them interesting and witty. Theoretical Morals (1899): "A man can't become morally perfect by stealing one or a thousand green watermelons, but every little helps. The Alphabet and Simplified Spelling (1907):...

Having just lost a daughter to meningitis, Mark Twain wrote this book out of outrage toward the Christian Science movement and its founder Mary Baker Eddy. This movement emphasized the effects of prayer on healing the body and relieving sicknesses...

Shogun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part Two contains the second half of the complete novel. After Englishman...