Project Gutenberg 2004-06-25 Public domain in the USA. 259 Twain, Mark 1835 1910 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) Sketches New and Old, Part 1. Reading ease score: 71.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. My watch: an instructive little tale -- Political economy -- The jumping frog -- Journalism in Tennessee -- The story of the bad little boy -- The story of the good little boy -- A couple of poems by Twain and Moore -- Niagara. Produced by David Widger "Sketches New and Old, Part 1" by Mark Twain is a collection of humorous essays and stories written in the late 19th century. The book presents a variety of Twain's sharp observations on everyday life, culture, and human behavior, often through a satirical lens. Themes explored include political economy, the absurdities of journalism, and the follies of human nature, with a comedic twist. The opening portion of the book includes a preface where Twain describes the contents and introduces some of the sketches that follow. Notably, he begins with a whimsical tale about his troublesome watch which malfunctions spectacularly after a series of repairs. In this sketch, Twain humorously recounts his interactions with various watchmakers and the absurdity of the watch's resulting behavior. He then transitions into another comedic piece on political economy, where he is hilariously interrupted multiple times by a salesman's overzealous attempt to sell lightning rods, illustrating the challenges of focusing on thoughtful discourse amidst mundane distractions. Through these anecdotes, Twain set the tone for a collection rich in wit and irony, combining personal narrative with broader social commentary. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/5836/5836-h/images/bookcover.jpg en Humorous stories, American United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 152945 143347 2024-10-03T06:46:29.554133 2023-10-03T06:36:39.499419 text/html text/html 135684 2020-12-29T04:44:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2083225 2020-12-29T04:44:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2111349 2024-10-03T06:46:32.982148 application/epub+zip 2112673 2024-10-03T06:46:30.317144 application/epub+zip 112357 2024-10-03T06:46:29.897167 application/epub+zip 2169976 2024-10-03T06:46:35.174129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2148784 2024-10-03T06:46:32.595135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150184 2022-09-03T09:03:36.042825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128650 128639 2024-10-03T06:46:29.151137 2023-10-03T06:36:39.111415 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 128580 2020-12-29T04:44:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 51453 2020-12-29T04:44:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20483 2024-10-03T06:46:35.306097 application/rdf+xml 12679 2024-10-03T06:46:30.016119 image/jpeg 2005 2024-10-03T06:46:29.956121 image/jpeg 2104665 2024-10-03T06:46:29.641139 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia