1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782001303321

Autore

Twain Mark <1835-1910.>

Titolo

No. 44, the mysterious stranger [[electronic resource] ] : being an ancient tale found in a jug and freely translated from the jug / / Mark Twain ; foreword and notes by John S. Tuckey ; text established by William M. Gibson and the staff of the Mark Twain Project

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003

ISBN

1-283-27971-1

9786613279712

0-520-94957-9

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

The Mark Twain library

Altri autori (Persone)

TuckeyJohn S

GibsonWilliam M

Disciplina

813.4

Soggetti

American fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- NO. 44, THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER -- Explanatory Notes -- Glossary of Printer's Terms -- Note on the Text

Sommario/riassunto

This is the only authoritative text of this late novel. It reproduces the manuscript which Mark Twain wrote last, and the only one he finished or called the "The Mysterious Stranger." Albert Bigelow Paine's edition of the same name has been shown to be a textual fraud.