[Pocket Edition] World Literature Masterpieces Collection - Selected Short Stories of Mark Twain

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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Mark Twain is the founder of 19th-century American critical realism literature and a world-renowned master of short stories. He is the first writer in American literary history to use pure American colloquial language, known as the "Father of American Literature" by Faulkner and hailed as the "Lincoln of American Literature" by Howells. The outstanding characteristics of Mark Twain's works are humor and satire. With his fresh and humorous writing style, unadorned and simple language, he pioneered the colloquialization of American novels, made outstanding contributions to the development of American literary language in the style of realism, and had a profound influence on later writers. Selected as one of the "Recommended Reading Lists of Chinese and Foreign Literature" recommended by 14 professors such as Ji Xianlin, Yang Zhouhan, and Li Funing in the "Catalog of Chinese and Foreign Literature" in 1986. One of the influential books for 113 faculty members from various disciplines at the world-renowned Harvard University. "American novels began with Mark Twain." – Hemingway
Mark Twain is an American writer who established American consciousness and American language. – Faulkner
Mark Twain created one of the great language styles in American literature, promoted the development of modern American style, and was the first writer to use American dialects from an artistic height. – Bernard De Voto