"Sketches New and Old, Part 6" by Mark Twain is a showcase of funny and mocking stories. The author uses his special humor to look at and make fun of life, society, and what people are like, showing how silly things can be in regular situations. The stories talk about lots of different things, like an undertaker's funny thoughts on his job, or complaints about annoying chambermaids. He uses crazy situations, such as a young man's never-ending bad luck, to point out the strange ironies of life and what society expects. Through interesting characters and fun stories, Twain cleverly comments on the rules of society, highlighting the funny and contradictory parts of how people act which encourages people to think about their own lives even while they are laughing at Twain's one-of-a-kind voice.
Sketches New and Old, Part 6.
By Mark Twain
Get ready for laughs and subtle digs at the world and how we live in it, all wrapped up in short stories.
Summary
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.
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8.
By Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi, Part 12.
By Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 7.
By Mark Twain
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
By Mark Twain
How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays
By Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By Mark Twain
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 4
By R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
Paris as It Was and as It Is A Sketch Of The French Capital, Illustrative Of The Effects Of The Revolution
By Francis William Blagdon
Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim: A Story for Girls
By Caroline Louise Marshall
The High Hander
By William Oliver Turner
The Hunter Hercules, or, The Champion Rider of the Plains: A Romance of the Prairies
By St. George Rathborne
Sidelights on Chinese Life
By J. (John) Macgowan