The £1,000,000 bank-note and other new stories / Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Malcolm Bradbury ; afterword, James D. Wilson.

By:

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Twain, Mark, Works ; Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.Description: xliv, 260, 9, 26 p ; 23 cmISBN:

0195090888 (trade ed. set)
0195101448 (trade ed.)
0195113454 (lib. ed. set)
0195114132 (lib. ed.)

Other title:

One million pound bank-note

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

843/.4 20
813/.4 21

LOC classification:

PS1315 .A1 1996

Summary: In the title story a bet between two rich eccentrics catapults a down-and-out clerk from San Francisco into wealth, status, and fame in London society. The other pieces range from serious essays reflecting Twain's interest in extrasensory perception, to a tongue-in-cheek "Petition to the Queen of England" for relief from taxes.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [15]).

In the title story a bet between two rich eccentrics catapults a down-and-out clerk from San Francisco into wealth, status, and fame in London society. The other pieces range from serious essays reflecting Twain's interest in extrasensory perception, to a tongue-in-cheek "Petition to the Queen of England" for relief from taxes.

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