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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (Version 2)

by Mark TWAIN (1835 - 1910)

The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter I

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a 1906 collection of 30 comic short stories by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Published just 4 years before his death, this was the last time he chose works from throughout his career, in an effort to show the diversity of his style and the breadth and depth of his interests. (Introduction by John Greenman & Wikipedia )

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A Burlesque Biography , A Cure For The Blues , A Dog's Tale Chapter I , A Dog's Tale Chapter II , A Dog's Tale Chapter III , A Helpless Situation , A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury & Amended Obituaries , A Monument to Adam & A Humane Word From Satan , A Telephonic Conversation , Advice to Little Girls & Post-Mortem Poetry (written in 1870) , An Entertaining Article , Does the Race of Man Love a Lord? , Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale , Eve's Diary , Extract From Adam's Diary , Extracts From Adam's Diary , General Washington's Negro Body-Servant , How To Tell A Story , Introduction to "The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English" , Italian With Grammar , Italian Without a Master , Portrait of King William III , The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter II , The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter III , The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter IV , The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter V , The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter VI , The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter VII , The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter VIII , The Californian's Tale , The Curious Book part 1 , The Curious Book part 2 , The Danger of Lying in Bed , The First Writing-Machines , The Five Boons of Life , Was It Heaven? Or Hell? Chapter I & Chapter II , Was It Heaven? Or Hell? Chapter III , Was It Heaven? Or Hell? Chapter IV , Was It Heaven? Or Hell? Chapter IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X , Wit Inspirations of the "Two Year-olds"