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The duke and dauphin win the hearts of the townspeople and are given $6,000 to invest as they see fit. Doctor Robinson claims the two men are frauds, but nobody believes him. Huck is disgusted.

The duke and dauphin play to a full house, an angry full house on account of them getting ripped off by such a short performance. All those at the opening night decide to tell the rest of the town how great the show is, so they won't feel stupid about being the only ones ripped off. The second night is also packed. On the third night, angry men from the first two nights arrive to hurt the duke and the dauphin who escape with Huck and Jim after receiving a large sum of money.

Having just lost a daughter to meningitis, Mark Twain wrote this book out of outrage toward the Christian Science movement and its founder Mary Baker Eddy. This movement emphasized the effects of prayer on healing the body and relieving sicknesses and other ailments. Although the founder of Christian Science appears to be altruistic with good intentions, Twain saw fraudulence and greed. Using his humor and wit, Mark Twain picks apart the movement in hopes of opening eyes to its falsehood.

Continuing in the aftermath of the preceding book Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer cannot seem to stay out of trouble. Traveling across the Atlantic in a hot air balloon, Tom, Huck, and Jim are in quite a predicament. Listen to this classic, literary masterpiece, following the adventures of Tom, Huck, and Jim as they find themselves in the hands of a crazy inventor.

Mark Twain spills his wit and whimsical sense of humor into his novel, The Diaries of Adam and Eve. The story tells of the events that took place in the Garden of Eden prior to the entrance of the deceitful serpent. Adam and Eve are not exactly getting along. Through the struggles listed in their diaries, one can safely assume that these two very different human beings are each other's greatest source of frustration.

Das Geschenk des Königs von Siam an die englische Königin, ein wertvoller Elefant, wurde in New York gestohlen. Inspektor Blunt nimmt sich das Sache an. Der Text wurde von Hermann Motschach, eigentlich Hermann Motschenbacher-Motschach, für das Hörspiel des Südwestfunks im Jahr 1980 bearbeitet. Regie: Thomas Köhler.

Mark Twain schrieb in diesem Werk zwei Tagebücher, das von Adam und das von Eva. Die Eintragungen beginnen mit der "Geburt" von Eva, die aus der Rippe von Adam geschaffen wurde. Sigi Harreis-Langer, die bekannte, leider schon im Jahr 2008 verstorbene Journalistin und Moderatorin (Die Montagsmaler) hat Eva ihre Stimme geliehen.

Die zwei reichen englischen Brüder Addington geben dem armen Amerikaner Henry Adams eine Eine-Million-Pfundnote. Damit soll er einen Monat in London überleben, ohne das Geld anzutasten. Der Plan geht zunächst auf... Der Originaltext von Mark Twain wurde von Dr. Claus Beling, Fernsehjournalist und langjähriger Unterhaltungschef des ZDF, als Hörspiel für den Südwestfunk im Jahr 1977 bearbeitet. Regie: Thomas Köhler.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, 1889) è un celebre romanzo dello scrittore e umorista statunitense Mark Twain. Rappresenta uno dei primi esempi di romanzo basato sul tema del viaggio nel tempo.Di questo romanzo, che alterna momenti toccanti a pezzi di grande umorismo, mai scontati, Mark Twain sembra quasi fare un manifesto dei propri principi e ideali. Apparentemente la civiltà moderna la vince alla lunga sul vecchio mondo, ma….

Mark Twains Prosa hat in Amerika neue Maßstäbe gesetzt. Seine Erzählungen strotzen vor humoristischen Raffinessen, satirischen Salti und Bodenständigkeit. Jede Geschichte ist ein Erlebnis, da die Figuren authentisch, skurril und persönlich wirken - aus dem Leben gegriffen eben. Die komplette Szenerie erscheint dem Leser bzw. Zuhörer so deutlich vor seinem imaginären Auge, dass man das Gefühl hat, sich bewegende Bilder zu verfolgen.

Mark Twains Prosa hat in Amerika neue Maßstäbe gesetzt. Seine Erzählungen strotzen vor humoristischen Raffinessen, satirischen Salti und Bodenständigkeit. Jede Geschichte ist ein Erlebnis, da die Figuren authentisch, skurril und persönlich wirken - aus dem Leben gegriffen eben. Die komplette Szenerie erscheint dem Leser bzw. Zuhörer so deutlich vor seinem imaginären Auge, dass man das Gefühl hat, sich bewegende Bilder zu verfolgen.

A classic tale of the journeys and challenges faced by young boys unravels in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The energetic Tom - who lives with his aunt - is frequently made to do things that he simply does not want to do; namely, going to school and to church. His days off are Saturdays, but when he misbehaves, even those are taken away from him by Aunt Polly. Yet after Tom and his friends witness a murder, for whom the wrong person is blamed, his summer of adventures truly begins.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) was better known by his pen name, Mark Twain. He is widely recognized as one of America's greatest authors and humorists. A Ghost Story is a classic Twain story. The author skillfully builds up layers of atmosphere and tension as he describes spending the night in a spooky house where chains rattle and terrifying apparitions appear...and then Twain amusingly turns the narrative into humour with a hilarious twist. Brilliant!

Huckleberry Finn wohnt bei der Witwe Douglas. Wird sie es schaffen, einen braven Jungen aus ihm zu machen? Nie im Leben. Je besser er sich benehmen soll, desto mehr träumt Huck von wilden Abenteuern auf dem Mississippi. Als der Sklave Jim auf einem Floß in Richtung Süden flieht, beginnt auch für Huck eine unvergessliche Reise.

Tom Canty, a boy of the London slums, and Edward Tudor, a boy destined to be king of England, were born on the same day. Though worlds apart, they were so amazingly similar in features they could have been mistaken for twins. A chance encounter in the castle brings them together, and an impish plan prompts the two to exchange clothing. The plan backfires when Edward is mistaken for a peasant and, in spite of his protests, is thrown out into the streets to endure the life of the slums, and poor, frightened Tom is forced to assume the role of royalty.

A thoroughly engaging collection of great classic tales by the very best American authors. 1. 'From Beyond' by H. P. Lovecraft 2. 'The Mysterious Card and the Card Unveiled' by Cleveland Moffett 3. 'Pigs Is Pigs' by Ellis Parker Butler 4. 'The Club of One-Eyed Men' by Arthur Somers Roche 5. 'Afterward' by Edith Wharton 6. 'The Furnished Room' by O. Henry 7. 'A Descent into the Maelström' by Edgar Allan Poe 8. 'Regret' by Kate Chopin 9. 'The Terrible Old Man' by H. P. Lovecraft 10. 'The Dumb Man' by Sherwood Anderson

Die Abenteuer des cleveren Lausbuben Tom Sawyer gehören zu den Klassikern der amerikanischen Literaturgeschichte und sind bei Kindern und Erwachsenen gleichermaßen beliebt. Der 1876 erschienene Roman wurde in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt und vielfach verfilmt. Mark Twain schildert die aufregenden Erlebnisse von Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Becky und Indianer Joe atemberaubend spannend, realistisch und mitunter auch ironisch, immer jedoch mit einem humorvollen Augenzwinkern.

Der Mark Twain Klassiker "Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn": Die komplette Geschichte von Huckleberry Finn und Tom Sawyer auf 60 Minuten gekürzt, modernisiert und mit Musik untermalt! Eingesprochen von Wolfgang Rositzka.

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn delivers the details of Huck Finn's life after the landmark novel Tom Sawyer, at the end of which Huck becomes fairly rich for a young person. In a stroke of maturity, however, Huck entrusts his small fortune to Judge Thatcher, who he can rely on for safekeeping. The next day, Huck's biological father comes into town in pursuit of his son and the money. Having lost the chance at the latter, his father kidnaps him, forcing Huck to fake his own death just to escape.

A collection of letters Mark Twain wrote for a newspaper publication - from a long, turbulent journey to the island to his encounters with the islanders and the myriad Englishmen who have taken up residence on the island.