Марк Твен

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Предлагаем вниманию читателей знаменитый роман Марка Твена об увлекательных приключениях американского мальчика Тома Сойера и его друзей. В книге представлен неадаптированный текст романа, снабженный подробным комментарием.

Лучший способ учить иностранный язык – это читать художественное произведение, постепенно овладевая лексикой и грамматикой. Предлагаем учить английский язык вместе с замечательным произведением Марка Твена «Приключения Тома Сойера». Увлекательный сюж…

A great writing by Mark Twain based on the short story of classic humour.

The story projects Twain’s lifelong struggles with his conscience. Here the conscience admits to being the “most pitiless enemy” of its host, whom it is supposed to “improve” but only tyrannizes with gusto while refusing to praise the host for anythi…

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American classic, a book that has inspired troves of writers in its wake, and that has sparked generations of discussion and debate. It is a novel by Mark Twain noted for its depiction of people and locations alon…

Written at the end of Twain's career, Extracts from Adam's Diary was first published in 1897. Twain's Adam was based on himself.

«The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» is a novel by Mark Twain (1835—1910). The story describes the adventures of a boy named Tom Sawyer from the town of St. Petersburg (reminiscent of the town of Hannibal, where the author grew up) in the southern United S…

Марк Твен (настоящее имя Сэмюэл Клеменс) (1835–1910) – известный американский писатель, классик мировой литературы. Роман «Янки из Коннектикута при дворе короля Артура» (1889) может быть с полным правом поставлен в один ряд с лучшими произведениями п…

Typical Mark Twain slightly caustic, complex humor. Six of Mark Twain's recollections his early experiences in newspaper work on topics such as his first editorship at age 13, the weaponry needed to edit a newspaper in Tennessee, a character study, a…

Written at the end of Twain's career, Extracts from Adam's Diary was first published in 1897. Twain's Adam was based on himself.

As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from political commentary to our species' need to "be remembered" somehow. Taken as a whole the stories are "whimsical"…