"The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut" by Mark Twain is a funny story that looks at what's right and wrong, and how we feel about it. It tells the tale of a man who is happy to hear from his Aunt Mary, but then a strange dwarf appears, representing his conscience. This dwarf reminds him of all the bad things he's done, leading to a funny and sarcastic debate about guilt and what society thinks is right. The man eventually decides to get rid of his conscience, which he thinks will set him free to commit crimes without feeling bad. Through this story, Twain pokes fun at people, the confusing rules about what's good and bad, and how society often says one thing but does another.
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut
By Mark Twain
A man's blissful life turns upside down when his conscience, in the form of a weird dwarf, forces him to face his past mistakes, leading to a disastrous experiment in guilt-free crime.
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About the AuthorSamuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
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