The Mark Twain Reader

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Novels : Old times on the Mississippi.--The adventures of Tom Sawyer.--[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL53908W/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn)--The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson.--The prince and the pauper ; Short stories : The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County.--The awful German language.--On the decay of the art of lying.--Extracts from Adam's diary.--Eve's diary.--How to tell a story.--Curing a cold.--The danger of lying in bed.--A medieval romance.--A curious dream.--Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning.--A true story.--The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton.

subjects: Classic Fiction,  Life on the Mississippi,  Adventures of Tom Sawer,  Adventures of Huck Finn,  literature,  child witnesses,  young men,  Male friendship,  Runaway children,  voyages and travels,  juvenile literature,  rafting,  adventure and adventurers,  orphans,  slavery,  friendship,  history,  runaway teenagers,  boys in literature,  Slaves,  Race relations,  Boys,  Fugitive slaves,  Fiction,  Travel,  Juvenile fiction,  Social life and customs

People: Huckleberry Finn,  Tom Sawyer,  Jim,  Judge Thatcher,  The Widow Douglas,  Finn

Places: Mississippi River,  Missouri,  Southern States

Times: 19th century