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Franklin Library edition of Mark Twain's "The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories" a Limited edition, Illustrated by David G. Klein, Frontispiece portrait of Twain, one of the COLLECTED STORIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS series, published in 1985. Bound in hunter green leather, the book has ivory moire silk end leaves, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, a satin book marker, hubbed spine---in Near FINE condition---except for 'minor' imperfection to top gilt---mentioned for accuracy. 22 Pages of NOTES FROM THE EDITOR is included. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who lived from 1835 – 1910, and better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist, reared in HANNIBAL, MISSOURI. Stories include: "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "The Stolen White Elephant," "Political Economy," "The Canvasser' s Tale," "A Curious Experience," "The Five Boons of Life," "Jim Baker's Bluejay Yarn," "The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg," "The $1,000,000 Bank-Note," "The Five Boons of Life," "A True Story," "Luck," "A Dog's Tale," "Science VS. Luck," "The $30,000 Bequest," "The Diary of Adam and Eve," "Extract From Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven." The extreme bitterness of Twain's late stories is foreshadowed by "Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale." Twain had always believed that an unjust world would fail to reward virtue; in his last works he seems to have stopped believing in virtue altogether. Twain's short stories span the entire fifty years of his incredibly prolific career as a writer. 347 Pages---a FABULOUS volume! I offer combined shipping.