The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories

Description:

[The title short story]... wrestles with questions of God and evil. It tells of a callous angel who drops in on a village and wreaks havoc. The angel makes tiny clay people come alive and then, for amusement, destroys them with a storm, a fire and an earthquake..." - Nicholas D. Kristof Contains: The mysterious stranger A horse's tale Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven A fable My platonic sweetheart Hunting the deceitful turkey The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm.

subjects: American Humorous stories,  Fiction,  Quotations,  Social life and customs,  United States in fiction,  Fiction, short stories (single author),  United states, social life and customs, fiction,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, general,  Children's fiction

People: Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Places: United States

Times: 19th century