The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

Description

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a book by the iconic American humorist and writer Mark Twain, first published in 1906. It is a collection of thirty comic short stories, including; The $30,000 Bequest; A Dog's Tale; Was It Heaven? Or Hell?; A Cure for the Blues; The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant; The Californian's Tale; A Helpless Situation; A Telephonic Conversation; Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale; The five boons of Life; The First Writing-Machines; Italian Without A Master; Italian With Grammar; A Burlesque Biography; How To Tell A Story; General Washington's Negro Body-Servant; Wit Inspirations Of The Two-Year-Olds; An Entertaining Article; A Letter To The Secretary Of The Treasury; Amended Obituaries; A Monument To Adam; A Humane Word From Satan; Introduction To The New Guide Of The Conversation In Portuguese And English; Advice To Little Girls; Post-Mortem Poetry; The Danger Of Lying In Bed; Portrait Of King William III; Does The Race Of Man Love A Lord?; Extracts From Adam's Diary; and, Eve's Diary.

This book has 95,222 words, 164 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1906.

Production notes: This ebook of The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories was published by Global Grey on the 17th November 2021, and updated on the 10th October 2022. The artwork used for the cover is 'Suburban Villa with Garden' by Ernestine von Kirchsberg.