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To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man’s character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours. Judged by the standards of one century, the noblest characters of an earlier one lose much of their luster; judged by the standards o

To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man’s character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours. Judged by the standards of one century, the noblest characters of an earlier one lose much of their luster; judged by the standards o

It was many years ago. Hadleyburg was the most honest and upright town in all the region round about. It had kept that reputation unsmirched during three generations, and was prouder of it than of any other of its possessions. It was so proud of it,

[NOTE.—I translated a portion of this diary some years ago, and a friend of mine printed a few copies in an incomplete form, but the public never got them. Since then I have deciphered some more of Adam’s hieroglyphics, and think he has now become su

SATURDAY.—I am almost a whole day old, now. I arrived yesterday. That is as it seems to me. And it must be so, for if there was a day-before-yesterday I was not there when it happened, or I should remember it. It could be, of course, that it did happ

A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a novel. I know this from experience. He has no clear idea of his story; in fact he has no story. He merely has some people in his mind, and an inci

There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler animals, yet see what ridi

Note: “The Mysterious Stranger” was written in 1898 and never finished. The editors of Twain's “Collected Works” completed the story prior to publication. At what point in this work Twain left off and where the editor's began is not made clear in the

Presently a fair slip of a girl, about ten years old, with a cataract of golden hair streaming down over her shoulders, came along. Around her head she wore a hoop of flame-red poppies. It was as sweet an outfit as ever I saw, what there was of it. S

왕자와 거지(The Prince and the Pauper)(1881) : 생일도 같고, 외모도 비슷하지만 신분은 전혀 다른 왕자와 거지가 서로의 자리를 바꾼다?! 마크 트웨인의 소설로 잘 알려진 왕자와 거지(The Prince and the Pauper)(1881)은 사실 이미 12세기부터 전해져 내려오는 북유럽 설화를 근간으로 하는 작품입니다. 이처럼 극과 극의 신분을 바꿔친다는 설정은 무척이나 흥미로울 수 밖에 없죠! 비단 왕자와 거지(T

톰 소여의 모험(The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)(1876) : 말썽꾸러기지만, 미워할 수 없는 소년 톰 소여(Tom Sawyer)가 미국 미주리 주(Missouri)의 가상마을 세인트 피터즈버그(St. Petersburg)를 배경으로 펼치는 사건사고를 엮은 작품입니다. 동화로 친숙하지만, 현재는 미국문화의 정수를 담은 고전명작으로 재평가되는 작품이기도 하죠! 주인공 톰 소여(Tom Sawyer)를 비롯해 그가 첫눈에 반한