The Celebrated Jumping Frog And Other Stories by Mark Twain
and Other Sketches
A lively collection of comic short stories and sketches that blend tall-tale humor, regional dialect, and sharp satire; the centerpiece recounts a rustic wager on a frog-jumping contest, while other pieces expose human foibles—greed, gullibility, and pretension—through colorful narrators and frontier settings. The writing alternates slapstick, irony, and affectionate mockery to capture 19th-century American life with memorable characters and witty storytelling.
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- Published
- 1867
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
- The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches
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