How to Tell a Story and Other Essays by Mark Twain

How to Tell a Story and Other Essays

Mark Twain

28 pages first pub 1897 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays adventurous funny slow-paced
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"Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences," the best-known and best-loved essay in this collection, is Mark Twain's how-to guide for the would-be author. A hilarious and cutting critique of what not to do, this deliciously wicked essay also lays out wh...

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