# bib

id: twain-my-35
author: Twain, Mark
title: My Watch
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flesch: 82
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summary:
  Mark Wintour's watch broke down. Samuel Clemens wrote a story about it in "Sketches New and Old" (1903). It is placed in the Public Domain (Jun 1993, #16). It was written about 1870. 


id: twain-new-36
author: Twain, Mark
title: A New Crime
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words: 1726
sentence: 77
flesch: 75
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summary:
  Baldwin was acquitted of the murder of a cripple because he was insane at the time of the crime. Samuel Clemens' "Sketches New and Old", Copyright 1903, is in the Public Domain (Jun 1993 #18).


id: twain-political-38
author: Twain, Mark
title: Political Economy
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words: 2467
sentence: 91
flesch: 72
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summary:
  A stranger wants to put lightning-rods up in the house of a new housekeeper. The stranger would rather have the housekeeper's custom than any other man's. The housekeeper wants to know exactly how many points she wants put up and what parts of the house she wants them on.


id: twain-ghost-727
author: Twain, Mark
title: A Ghost Story
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words: 2526
sentence: 140
flesch: 87
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summary:
  Mark Wintour took a room in an old building up Broadway. The first night he felt a sense of superstitious dread. He sat in his room for two hours thinking of bygone times. The shrieking of the winds outside softened to a wail. The beating of the rain against the panes diminished to a tranquil patter.


id: twain-niagara-37
author: Twain, Mark
title: Niagara
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words: 2619
sentence: 125
flesch: 77
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summary:
  Niagara Falls is a most enjoyable place of resort. The hotels are excellent and the prices not at all exorbitant. The opportunities for fishing are not surpassed in the country. The weather is cool in summer and the walks and drives are pleasant.


id: twain-extracts-32
author: Twain, Mark
title: Extracts From Adams Diary
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words: 4430
sentence: 276
flesch: 90
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summary:
  There is a new creature at Mark Twain's estate. Mark Twain doesn't like it because it's always following him around and talking to him. The new creature calls Niagara Falls Niagara Falls, because it looks like Niagara Falls to Mark Twain. It also calls Mark Twain a dodo.


id: twain-great-34
author: Twain, Mark
title: The Great Revolution In Pitcairn
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words: 4468
sentence: 218
flesch: 73
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summary:
  The mutineers from Bounty mutinied and took control of Pitcairn's Island in 1808. The island is about three-quarters of the way up out of the sea and has precipitous walls. The chief mutineer, John Adams, still survived and became governor and patriarch of the flock.


id: twain-tom-40
author: Twain, Mark
title: Tom Sawyer, Detective
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words: 24337
sentence: 1148
flesch: 89
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summary:
  Mark Twain's "The Writings of Mark Twain, Volume XX" is in the Public Domain. Mark Twain took some details from an old-time Swedish criminal trial and transferred the scenes to America. The next spring Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer set their old nigger Jim free. Jim was chained up for a runaway slave on Tom's uncle Silas's farm in Arkansaw. The frost was getting closer and closer to barefoot time every day. It makes a boy homesick.


id: twain-tom-39
author: Twain, Mark
title: Tom Sawyer Abroad
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words: 35408
sentence: 1575
flesch: 88
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summary:
  Mark Twain's "The Writings of Mark Twain, Volume XX" is in the Public Domain. The text is placed in the Internet Wiretap Edition by Dell@wiretap.spies.com. Tom Sawyer is looking for new adventures. Tom went down the river on a raft and came back by the steamboat both ways.


id: twain-puddnhead-29
author: Twain, Mark
title: Puddnhead Wilson
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words: 54127
sentence: 2624
flesch: 83
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summary:
  The law chapters in the book were rewritten under the immediate eye of William Hicks, who studied law part of a while in southwest Missouri thirty-five years ago and came to Florence for his health. William is still helping for exercise and board in Macaroni Vermicelli's horse-feed shed.


id: twain-adventures-27
author: Twain, Mark
title: The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
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words: 73563
sentence: 4649
flesch: 90
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summary:
  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, written in 1876, is dedicated to his wife. Most of the adventures recorded in the book were Mark Twain's own, while the rest were the experiences of his schoolmates. The odd superstitions touched upon were prevalent among children and slaves in the West at the period of this story.


id: twain-prince-30
author: Twain, Mark
title: The Prince And The Pauper
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words: 70793
sentence: 3272
flesch: 80
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summary:
  The Prince and the Pupper is a tale for young people of all ages written by Mark Twain in 1881. It is said to have been passed down from generation to generation, from one generation to the next. It may be history, it may be only legend, a tradition, but it could have happened.


id: twain-mark-414
author: Twain, Mark
title: Mark Twains Speeches
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words: 95029
sentence: 5172
flesch: 81
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summary:
  Mark Twain wrote a book called "Mark Twain's Sketchles" in 1906. The book contains Mark Twain's quotes from the preface to the English edition of "MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES". Mark Twain believes there is no sin in publishing an entire volume of nonsense.


id: twain-30-44
author: Twain, Mark
title: The $30,000 Bequest And Other Stories
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words: 96739
sentence: 4723
flesch: 79
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summary:
  The $30,000 Bequest, by Mark Twain, was published in June 1994. The town of Lakeside had church accommodations for thirty-five thousand people. Saladin Foster was the only high-salaried man of his profession in Lakeside.


id: twain-what-42
author: Twain, Mark
title: What Is Man? And Other Essays
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words: 96939
sentence: 5644
flesch: 80
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summary:
  What is Man? is a text from Mark Twain's What Is Man? (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910) What is the materials of which a steam-engine is made? Iron, steel, brass, white-metal, and so on are found in the rocks. To make a fine and capable engine, one would have to drive tunnels and shafts into the hills and blast out the rocks themselves.


id: twain-adventures-28
author: Twain, Mark
title: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
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words: 115660
sentence: 5713
flesch: 92
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summary:
  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in 1885. It is written in a variety of dialects. The author explains the differences between the different dialects and explains how they are used in the book. 


id: twain-connecticut-31
author: Twain, Mark
title: A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthurs Court
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sentence: 5706
flesch: 82
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summary:
  The Internet WIRETAP First Electronic Edition of Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" was released to the public in June 1993. The story is based on historical facts. The question as to whether there is such a thing as the divine right of kings is not settled in the book.


id: twain-tramp-41
author: Twain, Mark
title: A Tramp Abroad
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words: 156955
sentence: 6851
flesch: 77
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summary:
  A Tramp Abroad, by Mark Twain, by Samuel Clemens, was first published in 1880. Twain travelled through Europe on foot in March, 1878. He hired a Mr. Harris to act as his agent. He wanted to learn the German language and to study art.


