Letters from the EarthMcGill-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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