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A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage
Written by Mark Twain
Narrated by Garrison Keillor
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
"Upon the border of a remote and out-of-the-way village in south-western Missouri lived an old farmer named John Gray..."In 1876, the same year The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published, Mark Twain wrote a story for The Atlantic Monthly. He meant it as a "blind novelette"--a challenge to other writers to submit their own ending of the story in a national competition. Twain asked his editor at The Atlantic to request submissions from leading authors of the day, including Henry James.Perhaps because few writers could write as well as Twain, no one responded, and Twain's original complete manuscript languished in literary hibernation. It was rediscovered in 1995 and will appear in The Atlantic Monthly in summer 2001, having come full circle. Set in the fictional town of Deer Lick, Missouri, A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage chronicles the fortunes of a farmer determined to have his daughter marry the son of a wealthy man. It's a charming story in the Twain tradition and a delightful addition to his legacy.
Author
Mark Twain
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American humorist and writer, who is best known for his enduring novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has been called the Great American Novel.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is the skeleton of a story meant for a project that never came to fruition. It was discovered and published in 2001 with an extended foreword and afterword by Roy Blount Jr.The story itself is not terribly interesting on its own, but Blount's commentary (which takes up a full 50% of the book) is entertaining and informative. Peter de Sève's illustrations are fantastic and really sold this book for me.The book is mostly of interest for historical reasons, and it's not my sort of thing (being typically uninterested in this sort of history), but it's certainly good for what it is.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Interesting short story,abt 50 pages.This book was lost from 1910-1945, a legal battle for rights ensued.In 2000 Buffalo & Erie County Public Library acquired the rights to publish this book.Twain has a notable history in Buffalo,NY. The foreward and afterward are interesting on their own.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A short novel exhibiting classic Train cynicism.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Twain vents his jealousy of Jules Verne's success with a (for him) fairly conventional tall tale.