The Best Humorous Tales

Приключения Гекльберри Финна. Иллюстрированный роман Марка Твена «Приключения Гекльберри Финна» на английском языке является продолжением романа «Приключения Тома Сойера». Оба произведения вошли в коллекцию классической детской литературы «Читаем детскую классику в оригинале». Сказки, истории и романы великих писателей детской литературы уже многие поколения учат детей всего мира нравственным и моральным устоям, традициям и быту разных стран и народов. Теперь они собраны в серии «Читаем детскую...

Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. This volume includes some of his amazing works: a novel about Buffalo Bills favorite horse "A Horses Tale" a short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and "Letters from the Earth" the most controversial work of the...

Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murderer, eventually escaping and finding the treasure that Joe had buried. Huckleberry Finn recounts the further adventures of Huck, who runs away from...

Impish, daring young Tom Sawyer is the bane of the old, the hero of the young. For wherever there is mischief or adventure, Tom is at the heart of it. During one hot ' summer, Tom witnesses a murder, runs away to be a pirate, attends his own funeral, rescues an innocent man from the gallows, searches for treasure in a haunted house, foils a devilish plot and discovers a box of gold. But can he escape his nemesis, the villainous Injun Joe?

Марк Твен - один из самых известных американских писателей, чьи произведения отличает живость повествования, искромётный юмор и умение тонко поднимать философские вопросы. В замечательный сборник "Наследство в $30,000 и другие истории" вошли разнообразные увлекательные рассказы Марк Твена. Читателя ждут необычные повороты сюжета, прекрасное чувство юмора и отличное настроение... Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "Roughing It" is a semi-autobiographical work that describes the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during 1861-1867 along with his brother Orion Clemens. The book contains many adventures,...