mark twain
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, is widely regarded as one of America's greatest writers and humorists. Growing up along the Mississippi River, he drew inspiration from his experiences as a riverboat pilot, gold prospector, and newspaper reporter. Twain's sharp wit and keen observations of human nature are reflected in his beloved novels, most notably "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." These works not only entertain but also explore the complexities of race, identity, and morality in America during the 19th century.
Twain's unique voice and storytelling ability have left a lasting impact on literature, making him a cherished figure in the Western canon. His playful yet poignant writing invites readers to reflect on life's deeper truths while enjoying a good laugh. As you explore his works in this app, you'll find a treasure trove of insights and adventures that continue to resonate with readers today. Dive into Twain's world and discover the timeless charm of his storytelling!
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of …
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 2)
Read by Mark F. Smith
Mark Twain
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates an entertaining adventure of Middle America in the 1800's - afloat on a raft on th…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg
Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary cri…
The Prince and the Pauper
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two …
Life on the Mississippi
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil…
Roughing It
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Roughing It is semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870–71 and published…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 4)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade), often shortened to Huck Finn, is a novel written by Mark Twain and published in 1884.…
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Read by Steve Andersen
Mark Twain
Come and hear the strange tale of The Boss Hank Morgan, a modern day (at the time of publication) Connecticut Yankee who inexplicably finds …
The Awful German Language
Read by Rainer
Mark Twain
If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious. Published as Appendix…
The Innocents Abroad
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Writer/entertainer Garrison Keillor (A Prairie Home Companion) on “The Innocents Abroad”: “…one of the best selling travel books of all time…
Eve’s Diary
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Mark Twain
Eve’s Diary is a humorous monologue about Eve’s experiences at the dawn of creation. She is fascinated by every aspect of the new world arou…
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of…
A Tramp Abroad
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by th…
A Dog's Tale
Read by Aaron Elliott
Mark Twain
This short novel of Twain’s, from 1903, is told from the point of view of a loyal and beloved family pet. Themes of heroics, valor and heart…
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte." De Conte …
Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer Abroad is a novel by Mark Twain published in 1894. It features Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in a parody of Jules Verne-esque a…
Chapters from my Autobiography
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of these Chapters from my Autobiography. He or…
What is Man? and Other Essays
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"What Is Man?", published by Mark Twain in 1906, is a dialogue between a young man and an older man jaded to the world. It involve…
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer, Detective is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn …
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Following the Equator (American English title) or More Tramps Abroad (English title) is a non-fiction travelogue published by American autho…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 3)
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Mark Twain
The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River, and its sober and often scathing look at en…
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Dramatic Reading)
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Mark Twain
Growing up on the banks of the Mississippi river, a mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer spends his days getting into one scrape after another. …
1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors…
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Please note: this recording contains strong language. Also known simply as "1601", this is a humorously risque work by Mark Twain,…
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories
Read by Ted Delorme
Mark Twain
Here's a Mark Twain story that's very unlike those he became famous for, but when I read it back in Catholic high school, it left a deep imp…
Extracts from Adam's Diary
Read by Mr. Baby Man
Mark Twain
Get the true story of Adam and Eve, straight from the source. This humorous text is a day-to-day account of Adam’s life from happiness in th…
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Read by Michael Yard
Mark Twain
In one of his later novels, the master storyteller spins a tale of two children switched at infancy. A slave takes on the identity of master…
A Double Barreled Detective Story
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Double Barrelled Detective Story is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west.At…
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Version 6)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Mark Twain
Follow the young boy Huckleberry Finn and the slave Jim on their epic journey down the Mississippi River in the years before the Civil War. …
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this …
The Gilded Age, A Tale of Today (version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Originally published in 1873, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is the only novel Twain co-wrote (C.D. Warner was a good friend and neighbor o…
The Awful German Language (version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
Mark Twain
This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to Twain’s travel novel, A Tramp Abroad. In it, Twain explains, compl…
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories (version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
The Mysterious Stranger-A Romance- is the final novel attempted by Mark Twain. It was worked on periodically from roughly 1890 up until 1910…
Anti-imperialist Writings
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This audiobook is a collection of Mark Twain's anti-imperialist writings (newspaper articles, interviews, speeches, letters, essays and pamp…
How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays
Read by Claudia Salto
Mark Twain
In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, an…
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a 1906 collection of 30 comic short stories by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Published j…
Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 1
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Spanning the time between 1872 and the year before he died, this collection of after-dinner speeches, random thoughts to "the press&quo…
Mark Twain's Journal Writings, Volume 1
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Volume 1 contains these 12 essays: 1.) "Americans on a Visit to the Emperor of Russia." 2.) "The Austrian Edison keeping scho…
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" is a piece of short fiction by Mark Twain. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in December 1…
Old Times on the Mississippi
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Old Times on the Mississippi is a non-fiction work by Mark Twain. It was published in 1876. Originally published in serial form in the Atlan…
Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 2
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This second collection of essays by Mark Twain is a good example of the diversity of subject matter about which he wrote. As with the essays…
The Letters of Mark Twain, Complete
Read by James K. White
Mark Twain
These letters were arranged in two volumes by Albert Bigelow Paine, Samuel L. Clemens's literary executor, as a supplement to Mark Twain, A …
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (version 3)
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Mark Twain
An adventure story for children, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a fun-filled book that shows life along the Mississippi River in the 1840s.…
Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Written for the Atlantic magazine in 1877, this is a collection of stories about a trip Mark Twain made with some friends to Bermuda. (Summa…
The Stolen White Elephant (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"The Stolen White Elephant" was written by Mark Twain and published in 1882. In it, an Indian elephant, en route from India to Bri…
Eve’s Diary (version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Eve's Diary is a comic short story by Mark Twain. It was first published in the 1905 Christmas issue of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and in…
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Dramatic Reading)
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Mark Twain
In order to escape his cruel father, and led by a thirst for adventure, Huck Finn sets off down the Mississippi River with Jim, an escaped s…
A Horse's Tale (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Horse's Tale is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite hors…
The Stolen White Elephant
Read by Kristen McQuillin
Mark Twain
In this Mark Twain short story an Indian elephant, en route from India to Britain as a gift to Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local po…
The £1,000,000 Bank-Note & other new Stories
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Collection contains:-The £1,000,000 Bank-Note-Mental Telegraphy-A Cure for the Blues-The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant-About al…
The American Claimant
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectatio…
Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance, a short volume, published by Sheldon & Co., NY in 1871, is Mark Twain's third …
The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from poli…
Sketches New and Old
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of 63 writings by Mark Twain was published in 1882. Among other sketches, it contains "The Jumping Frog" in the or…
Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This is a collection of newspaper articles written by Samuel Clemens, for various newspapers, between 1862 and 1881. After Feb 3rd 1863, he …
The Gilded Age, A Tale of Today
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Mark Twain
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is an 1873 novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirizes greed and political corruption in po…
Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 2
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of the 195 known, publicly-printed speeches of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Paul Fatout and publish…
The Treaty with China
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"A good candidate for 'the most under-appreciated work by Mark Twain' would be 'The Treaty With China,' which he published in the New Y…
A Horse's Tale
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Mark Twain
Soldier Boy is the top steed at Fort Paxton. He is Buffalo Bill’s favorite horse and has led a life of glory and honor. One day General Alis…
Those Extraordinary Twins
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"Those Extraordinary Twins" was published as a short story, separate and distinct from its origins inside Twain's "The Traged…
Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A collection of Twain short stories including:The Loves Of Alonzo FitzClarence And Rosannah EtheltonOn The Decay Of The Art Of LyingAbout Ma…
Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 3
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This third volume of Mark Twain's journal writings continues on eclectic and varied path established by the first two volumes. Included in t…
The Mysterious Stranger
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain wrote this fairytale style story about 3 boys who meet Satan's cousin and they experience many things during this time. The story…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 7)
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Mark Twain
A slightly more complex sequel to Mark Twain's original book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, this book really shows the true side of racism i…
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
Read by Phil Chenevert
Mark Twain
Mark Twain wrote these two diaries, or rather as he insists, 'translated them from the original manuscripts', late in his writing career. T…
Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of the 258 known, publicly-printed interviews of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Gary Scharnhorst and …
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
Read by Kevin LaVergne
Mark Twain
"Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" is a short-story written by American writer Mark Twain and published in 1909. The story fol…
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
Read by Gesine
Mark Twain
Fenimore Cooper - author of The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, etc - has often been praised, but just as often been criticised for hi…
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 3)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This was the last story published by Twain, a few months before he died. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long co…
The Innocents Abroad (version 2)
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Mark Twain
Samuel L. Clemens' (Mark Twain) journey to Europe and the Holy Land in 1866. Reportedly his best selling book.
Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This satire on the U.S.A.'s myth of being the "Home of the Oppressed, where all men are free and equal", is unrelenting in its pur…
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Mark Twain
The town of Hadleyburg had the reputation of being the most honest town in a wide area, indeed an incorruptible community. The elders took t…
1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors
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Mark Twain
Please note: this recording contains strong language."1601," wrote Mark Twain, "is a supposititious conversation which takes …
How To Tell A Story, and Other Essays (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
The complete collection of works using this title. Other versions, including the Project Gutenberg version, have been radically shortened. M…
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
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Mark Twain
A book of short stories and humorous anecdotes by Mark Twain, published together in 1906. (Summary by Tricia G)
The Prince and the Pauper (version 3)
Read by Luke Sieburg
Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive …
In Defense of Harriet Shelley
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Mark Twain pulls no punches while exposing the "real" Percy Shelley in this scathing condemnation of Edward Dowden's "Life of…
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 2)
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Mark Twain
In the afterlife grizzled sea captain Eli Stormfield finds himself piloting a ship to heaven. Despite a detour and some navigation errors he…
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This is Mark Twain's vicious and amusing review of Fenimore Cooper's literary art. It is still read widely in academic circles. Twain's essa…
Mark Twain's Autobiography: With An Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine - Volu…
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
While the Mark Twain Project has created and released a three-volume Mark Twain autobiography with extensive annotations, in the 21st centur…
The Prince and the Pauper (version 2)
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Mark Twain
One day a poor boy, Tom, gets a little too near the gates of the palace. and the guards start to beat him. However the prince himself interv…
More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain" fills in the gaps left by the first collection of newspaper articles: "Newspaper Arti…
Mark Twain's Travel Letters from 1891-92
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of Mark Twain travel letters was compiled by Barbara Schmidt for her website, TwainQuotes.com. According to his biographer, …
Essays on Paul Bourget
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Collection of short essays concerning French novelist and critic Paul Bourget. Included: "What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us" and &quo…
Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
By the time Mark Twain worked as a roving reporter for the Sacramento Union, he had held positions with other newspapers in Nevada and Calif…
Europe and Elsewhere
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of articles came from Mark Twain's travels and experiences abroad. While many had been previously published, there also were…
Christian Science
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Christian Science is a 1907 collection of essays Mark Twain wrote about Christian Science, beginning with an article that was published in C…
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part One (1867-1879)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…
Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven (version 4)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Mark Twain
Mark Twain pokes a little good natured fun at the usual concept of heaven. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long…
Is Shakespeare Dead?
Read by PhyllisV
Mark Twain
A short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Mark Twain. It explores the controversy over the authorship of the Shakespearean li…
Mark Twain's Autobiography: With An Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine - Volu…
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
While the Mark Twain Project has created and released a three-volume Mark Twain autobiography with extensive annotations, in the 21st centur…
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Three (1890-1899)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…
The Death Disk
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's "Death Disk" was inspired by the historical account of the execution of Colonel John Poyer of Pembroke, Wales on Apri…
Twain and Howells On Each Other
Read by John Greenman
William Dean Howells and Mark Twain
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and William Dean Howells were friends for 44 years. Their personal and professional relationship is considered b…
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Four (1900-1906)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…
Moments With Mark Twain
Read by Lee Smalley
Mark Twain
These selections from the works of Mark Twain are presented in chronological order. They include the memorable whitewashing of the fence in …
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Two (1880-1889)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…
Was It Heaven Or Hell
Mark Twain
"Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it." Most would agree that…
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Five (1907-1909)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Seven (1920-1924)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…
The Prince and the Pauper (Version 4 - Dramatic Reading)
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Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive …
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Six (1910-1919)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…
Life In California, Excerpted From 'Roughing It' By Mark Twain
Read by David Wales
Mark Twain
This recording is chapters 56 through 61 plus 78 of the 1879 edition of 'Roughing It' by Mark Twain (1835-1910). The chapters contain in Tw…
A Curious Dream and Other Sketches
Read by Ben Tucker
Mark Twain
Celebrated American humorist Mark Twain delivers a delightful collection of the witty stories for which he is so well known. From the stran…