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Letters from the earth by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Publication date 1974 Topics American wit and humor Publisher New York : Perennial Library Collection
5 de ago. de 2017 · Letters from the Earth. Letters from the Earth is one of Mark Twain 's posthumously published works. Initially, his daughter objected to its publication, probably because of its controversial and iconoclastic views on religion. The book consists of a series of short stories, many of which deal with God and Christianity.
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At a Glance. Letters from the Earth is a short collection of letters written by Mark Twain shortly before his death. The letters are written from the perspective of the archangel Satan who is briefly banished from heaven and decides to visit Earth. He writes to the other archangels about the human species he discovers on Earth.
7 de mai. de 2015 · “Letters From the Earth” is a sharp, witty, frequently funny, irreverent, and clever romp through features of organized religion and man’s behavior. This book places Twain, one of history’s greatest literary treasures—despite those who try to denigrate Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn for being a product of their times—in his larger role as humorist.
- Mark Twain
There is nothing resembling it at home. The people are all insane, the other animals are all insane, the earth is insane, Nature itself is insane. Man is a marvelous curiosity. When he is at his very very best he is a sort of low grade nickel-plated angel; at is worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a ...
The short stories and essays in Letters from the Earth find Clemens-under the pseudonym of Mark Twain-at perhaps his most quizzical and questioning state ever. Written as diary entries, Twain penned a series of letters from the point of view of a dejected angel on Earth who observes the many curious natures of man.
