Letters from the Earth

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2009
Letters from the Earth is one of Mark Twain's posthumously published works. The essays were written during a difficult time in Twain's life; he was deep in debt and had lost his wife and one of his daughters. The book consists of a series of short stories, many of which deal with God and Christianity. The title story consists of letters written by the archangel Satan to archangels, Gabriel and Michael, about his observations on the curious proceedings of earthly life and the nature of man's religions. Other short stories in the book include a bedtime story about a family of cats Twain wrote for his daughters, and an essay explaining why an anaconda is morally superior to Man.
 

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Preface by Henry Nash Smith
11
PAPERS OF THE ADAM FAMILY
56
LETTER TO THE EARTH
103
COOPERS PROSE STYLE
117
OFFICIAL REPORT TO THE I I A S
125
SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
130
FROM AN ENGLISH NOTEBOOK
137
FROM AN UNFINISHED BURLESQUE
152
THE DAMNED HUMAN RACE
166
THE GREAT DARK
185
Editors Notes
228
Bibliographical Note 240
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