How to Tell a Story and Other Essays
Publisher Description
How to Tell a Story and Other Essays (1897[1]) is a series of essays by Mark Twain. In them he describes his own writing style, attacks the idiocy of a fellow author, defends the virtue of a dead woman, and tries to protect ordinary citizens from insults by railroad conductors.
Customer Reviews
nimbleland
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Love Twain, but
I picked this book because I love Mark Twain. The beginning he explains how he writes his stories. I was fascinated. The story about the Golden Arm I remember from Mark Twain Tonight with Hal Holbrook. Other stories are less successful, especially the last one about a dead body and a coffin of guns.
I enjoyed reading them even if the last story didn’t work for me.
Medic3396
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Story Telling
Book was ok, nothing to write home about. But it is Mark Twain.!
Skayf1
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Knitswaiting
Good book