Released this week is a brand-new recording of Twain’s classic time travel story ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,’ narrated by Ron Swanson himself – Nick Offerman. And it’s just as great as you think it is.
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This September, we’ll be treated to a previously unreleased, unfinished children’s book by Mark Twain: ‘The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine.’
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In celebration of National Reading Month, here are some of the “lesser-known” science-fiction writers who did pretty well in other genres.
Continue ReadingToday’s Google Doodle celebrates Mark Twain’s birthday with a fun illustration: Tom Sawyer convincing another kid to whitewash the fence for him. Although it’s not shown in the picture, Tom even convinced the kids to pay him for the privilege …
Continue ReadingHistorically, there have probably always been people whose response to ideas they didn’t like was not to present a different viewpoint, but to try to forcibly quiet the people with those ideas. This has been applied in many different ways, …
Continue ReadingMeet the downside to great works of literature being in the public domain: A sanitized version of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is in the offing. This new version, edited by a man named Alan Gribben who is actually a scholar …
Continue ReadingHistorically, there have probably always been people whose response to ideas they didn’t like was not to present a different viewpoint, but to try to forcibly quiet the people with those ideas. This has been applied in many different ways, …
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