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Sketches New and Old

by Mark TWAIN (1835 - 1910)

Chapter 42 Speech on Accident Insurance

This collection of 63 writings by Mark Twain was published in 1875. Among other sketches, it contains "The Jumping Frog" in the original English, followed by a French translation (read here by Caroline Mittler) which Twain re-translated into English, showing how the French translation of his work was "badly flawed." In many of these sketches, Twain shows his talent for outrageous and hilarious inventiveness, often in reaction to current events. (Summary by John Greenman)

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Listen next episodes of Sketches New and Old:
A Curious Pleasure Excursion , A Mysterious Visit , About Barbers , Cannibalism In The Cars , Chapter 43 John Chinaman in New York , Chapter 44 How I Edited an Agricultural Paper , Chapter 45 The Petrified man , Chapter 46 My Bloody Masacre , Chapter 47 The Undertaker's Chat , Chapter 48 Concerning Chambermaids , Chapter 49 Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man , Chapter 50 "After" Jenkins , Curing a Cold , First Interview With Artemus Ward , History Repeats Itself , Honored as a Curiousity , "Party Cries" in Ireland , Running for Governor , The Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation , The Killing of Julius Caesar "Localized" , The Scriptural Panoramist , The Widow's Protest