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The mysterious stranger the mysterious stranger and other stories unites nine of master american humorist mark twains most accomplished works. Other local characters include father peter, his niece marget, and the astrologer. The mysterious stranger literary classics mark twain the mysterious stranger, published posthumously in 1916 and belonging to twains dark period, belies the popular image of the affable american humorist. Worldwide literature classic, among top 100 literary novels of all time. He worked on it intermittently from 1897 through 1908. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. The four selections in this volume span his entire writing career and are among his bestknown stories.
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