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<p><P>"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand," Mark Twain once wrote. In this sixth volume in The Library of America's authoritative collection of his writings-the final volume of his fiction-America's greatest humorist emerges in a surprising range of roles&#58; as the savvy satirist of <i>The Gilded Age</i>, the brilliant plotter of its inventive sequel, <i>The American Claimant</i>, and, in two Tom Sawyer novels, as the acknowledged master revisiting his best-loved characters. Also in this volume is the authoritative version of Twain's haunting last novel, <i>No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger</i>, left unpublished when he died. <P><i>The Gilded Age</i> (1873), a collaboration with Hartford neighbor Charles Dudley Warner, sends up an age when vast fortunes piled up amid thriving corruption and a city Twain knew well, Washington, D.C., full of would-be power brokers and humbug. The novel also gives us one of Twain's most enduring characters, Colonel Sellers, who returns in <i>The American Claimant</i> (1892), an encore performance that moves beyond the worldly satire of its predecessor into realms of sheer inventive mayhem. <P><i>Tom Sawyer Abroad</i> (1894) and <i>Tom S

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Author

Mark Twain; Hamlin H Hill

Publisher

THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781931082105

Category

humor

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.6 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14