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How to Tell a Story (World Digital Library Edition)

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"I do not claim that I can tell a story as it ought to be told. I only claim to know how a story ought to be told, for I have been almost daily in the company of the most expert story-tellers for many years..." So begins "How to Tell a Story," the first in this collection of essays by America's master story-spinner, Mark Twain. Among other writings included in this volume are the well-known "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences" and "Private History of the 'Jumping Frog' Story."

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Publisher: Barnes & Noble World Digital Library

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  • ISBN: 0594086736
  • Release date: February 27, 2002

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  • ISBN: 0594086736
  • File size: 1182 KB
  • Release date: February 27, 2002

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subjects

Fiction Literature

Languages

English

"I do not claim that I can tell a story as it ought to be told. I only claim to know how a story ought to be told, for I have been almost daily in the company of the most expert story-tellers for many years..." So begins "How to Tell a Story," the first in this collection of essays by America's master story-spinner, Mark Twain. Among other writings included in this volume are the well-known "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences" and "Private History of the 'Jumping Frog' Story."

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