# Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches

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- Book: [Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-twain/tales-speeches-essays-and-sketches) ([Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-twain/tales-speeches-essays-and-sketches.md))
- Authors: [Mark Twain](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-twain), [Tom Quirk](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-quirk)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4043-417-0
- Pages: 448
- Published: 1994-09-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

These short fiction and prose pieces display the variety of Twain's imaginative invention, his diverse talents, and his extraordinary emotional range. Twain was a master of virtually every prose genre;...