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Twain first started to compose an autobiography in 1870, but proceeded fitfully, abandoning the work and returning to it as the mood took him. The tragedy of puddnhead wilson audio book by mark twain 18351910 it was published in 18931894 by century magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. Mark twain s lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in st. In the adventures of huckleberry finn, mark twain creates an entertaining adventure of middle america in the 1800s afloat on a raft on the mississippi river. The adventures of tom sawyer by mark twain loyal books. Petersburg, missouri, where tom sawyer and his friend huckleberry finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can.
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