Literate Lifetime

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." -- W. Fusselman

Looking for something great (and free) to read? Enter an author's name and/or a key word from a book title to search for entries in our database of public domain works.

1601Download Now...

by Mark Twain (Author)

Text Source:

Text URL:

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3190

Language:

Type:

E-book

Description:

Sometimes titled: Conversation as it was by the social fireside in the time of the Tudors.

Table of Contents:

Not available

Amazon.com Information:

Sales Rank:

1198722

ISBN:

1406921807

Page Count:

Detail Page:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1406921807

Download this text: 1601

Product Description

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. Sometimes titled: Conversation as it was by the social fireside in the time of the Tudors.

Customer Review: A Curiosity

This brief sketch, though emblematic of Twain's style, was designed only as a private joke among friends. It was printed in very limited quantities during Twain's lifetime, and it seems doubtful that he ever ascribed any lasting literary importance to it.
To me, the sketch is too short to represent a highly developed literary endeavor. Also, it isn't very funny, with its childish scatological humor.
This particular printing includes some interesting, though poorly organized addenda. It is printed in a bare-bones, desktop publishing format.
I would not recommend it to the general reader. It would be marginally interesting only to the Twain scholar.

Book Categories:

Books / Subjects
Books / Refinements / Binding (binding) / Paperback
Books / Refinements / Format (feature_browse-bin) / Printed Books

Pick of the Day

A Short History of Greek Philosophy
by
John Marshall (Author)

Read more...

Other recent picks

Lists of Interest

Modern Library 100 Best Novels: In 1998, Modern Library picked the top 100 Novels of the century. This list contains all of the bo ...

Webmaster's Favourites: These are my selections, humbly presented as books that I particularly enjoyed.

Other ways of browsing

Top sellers at Amazon

Newest Additions

Random Book

Random Author