9781528718578 - The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - Mark Twain
9781528718578 - The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - Mark Twain
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

The story revolves around a tale the narrator once heard about a gambler named Jim Smiley who would bet on absolutely anything. An amusing tale of mistaken identity and a frog called Daniel Webster.

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Author

Mark Twain

Imprint

Read & Co. Classics

Categories

Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends

Humour & Satire

Short Stories & Anthologies

Fiction

ISBN

9781528718578, 9781528791618

Formats Available

,

Pages

22

Publication Date

07 December 2020

Dimensions 4 × 6 in

First published in 1865, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” was Mark Twain’s first real literary success and arguably launched his career as a writer. The story revolves around a tale the narrator once heard about a gambler named Jim Smiley who would bet on absolutely anything. An amusing tale of mistaken identity and a frog called Daniel Webster, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a must-read that will not disappoint fans of Twain’s unique work. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), more commonly known under the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, lecturer, publisher and entrepreneur most famous for his novels “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876) and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (1884). Other notable works by this author include: “The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today” (1873) and “The Prince and the Pauper” (1881). Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing this classic short story now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned biography of the author.

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