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Is Mark Twain just a meme or what? Which of his works should I read?

>> No.8762205

/lit/, pls

>> No.8762207

>>8762139
Einstein should have stuck with physics

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>>8762207
Good one, anon!

>> No.8762226

Huck Finn and stop there. Anything else in that prose of his is just tiresome after a point, you can check out Tom Sawyer if you want but you've probably outgrown that one by now

>> No.8762235

>>8762226
>Huck Finn

I recall reading Tom Sawyer when I was younger. Doesn't the stories of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn take place in the same universe? Is Huck Finn comfy?

>> No.8762268

>>8762235
Guck Finn is in Tom Sawyer and Tom Sawyer is in Huck Finn. There's some good stuff in Huck Finn I'd recommend giving it a once-over, just don't expect anything groundbreaking. It's fun.

>> No.8762439

Try reading his short stories and articles. The early stuff is mostly folksy yarns and tall tales with a real knack for voices and accents. His later stuff belongs with Melville's short masterworks.

The Jumping Frog, A Curious Dream, Some Learned Fables, A Curious Experience, The Diary of Adam and Eve, The £100,000 Bank-Note are all good, and The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and The Mysterious Stranger are some of the best short stories I've ever read by an American (not that his nationality should be a qualifier, but instead for the sake of focus).

>> No.8762445

>>8762439
Thanks bro

>> No.8762454

>>8762439
I guess today I'll be buying a collection of his short stories.

>> No.8762457

>>8762226
>wrong

Tom Sawyer is worth a read and necessary to get the most out of Huck Finn.

Huck Finn references Tom Sawyer the book at the beginning. You need them both for contrast. Plus Sawyer is a light hearted easy read, who says you can't read for fun.

>> No.8762460

>>8762139
"Roughing It" is fun.

>> No.8763201

Bump

>> No.8763707

>>8762460
any other suggestions?

>> No.8764043

>>8762439
What this guy said. I didn't like Sawyer nor Huck that much, they are more like books you would read to your children. His short stories and essays are pretty good and funny though.

>> No.8764063

Mysterious stranger.

>> No.8765915

>>8762439
>>8763707
The McWilliamses, The Belated Russian Passport, and Extracts from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven were favourites of mine.

>> No.8765964

I've always really loved Twain, you should read all his novels and short stories.

I have fond memories of reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

>> No.8766144

>>8765964

It's interesting how many myths he accidentally created while venting his hatred for Walter Scott.

>> No.8766225

the adventures of huckleberry finn. I love all his aphorisms and etc stuff too. he has been downgraded to charming flufff, which he is not. not for kids.

>> No.8766230

>>8762235
he is too good a writer to be stuck on the "same universe" stuff that many novelists are now. huck finn is high literature, period, drop the mike. tom saywer is charming stories to be read to children.