The $30,000 bequest (original 1906; edition 1922)

by Mark Twain

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Classic Literature. Fiction. Short Stories. HTML: The $30,000 Bequest And Other Stories is a collection of short stories by the iconic American writer and humorist Mark Twain. Twain was immensely popular in his day, among his critics and contemporaries as well as the numerous artists, presidents, industrialists and members of royalty whom he counted as friends. He remains popular to this day and is considered one of the great American authors. .… (more)

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Member:	jensenmk82
Title:	The $30,000 bequest
Authors:	Mark Twain
Info:	New York: Harper and Brothers, 1922. Volume XVIII. The Collected Works of Mark Twain. Authorized Edition.
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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain (1906)

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Lakeside was a pleasant little town of five or six thousand inhabitants, and a rather pretty one, too, as towns go in the Far West.

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Classic Literature. Fiction. Short Stories. HTML:

The $30,000 Bequest And Other Stories is a collection of short stories by the iconic American writer and humorist Mark Twain. Twain was immensely popular in his day, among his critics and contemporaries as well as the numerous artists, presidents, industrialists and members of royalty whom he counted as friends. He remains popular to this day and is considered one of the great American authors.

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