Mark Twain's Library of Humor - (Modern Library Humor and Wit) by Mark Twain & Steve Martin (Paperback)

About the Book

Here's the best and funniest writing of the 19th century--collected, edited, and introduced by the king of American literary humor. Aside from including some of his own pieces, Twain spotlights pieces by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ambrose Bierce, and Bret Harte, among others.

Review Quotes

"Old pieces of humor are like antique toys: Some of them still work and some don't, but they all have a certain fascination. Especially if we know that they worked for Mark Twain. And when you find one that does still work after, say, a century and a half, if you are like me you say things like 'Look at that workmanship' to cover your wonderment at sharing inner-child glee with someone who was in the grave when your grandmother was born. To my surprise, I feel that way about a good many pieces in this book." --from the Introduction by Roy Blount, Jr.

"Mark Twain is the Lincoln of our literature."--William Dean Howells

About the Author

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was born Samuel Clemens in Missouri. As a boy, he worked as a printer and a Mississippi River pilot. A leading literary influence in his own time and ever since, he is the author of many classics, including Roughing It, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.