Mark Twain's ""Which Was the Dream?"" and Other Symbolic Writings of the Later Years
Mark. Twain
Bok Engelsk 1966 · Electronic books.
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| Originaltittel | [ Utvalg ]
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| Utgitt | Berkeley : : University of California Press, , 1966.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (601 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE TEXTS; Which Was the Dream?; The Enchanted Sea-Wilderness; An Adventure in Remote Seas; The Great Dark; Indiantown; Which Was It?; Three Thousand Years Among the Microbes; APPENDIX; The Passenger's Story; The Mad Passenger; Dying Deposition; Trial of the Squire. - All of these selections in this volume were comosed between 1896 and 1905. Mark Twain wrote them after the disasters of the early and middle nineties that had included the decline into bankruptcy of his publishing business, the failure of the typsetting machine in which he invested heavily, and the death of his daughter Susy. Their principal fable is that of a man who has been long favored by luck while pursuing a dream of success that has seemed about to turn into reality. Sudden reverses occur and he experiences a nightmarish time of failure. He clutches at what may be a saving thought: perh
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| ISBN | 0520012852. - 9780520012851
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