Sketches New and Old
(eAudiobook)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Author
Published
Mission Audio, 2016.
Format
eAudiobook
Status
Available Online

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Physical Description
12h 21m 0s
Language
English
ISBN
9781633894808

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mark Twain., Mark Twain|AUTHOR., & Robin Field|READER. (2016). Sketches New and Old . Mission Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mark Twain, Mark Twain|AUTHOR and Robin Field|READER. 2016. Sketches New and Old. Mission Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mark Twain, Mark Twain|AUTHOR and Robin Field|READER. Sketches New and Old Mission Audio, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mark Twain, Mark Twain|AUTHOR, and Robin Field|READER. Sketches New and Old Mission Audio, 2016.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Go To Grouped Work

Grouping Information

Grouped Work ID1fa643bb-3e54-1f02-7b18-023605fe235e-eng
Full titlesketches new and old
Authortwain mark
Grouping Categorybook
Last Update2023-09-13 19:00:15PM
Last Indexed2024-03-28 02:30:22AM

Book Cover Information

Image Sourcehoopla
First LoadedMay 31, 2022
Last UsedMar 4, 2024

Hoopla Extract Information

stdClass Object
(
    [year] => 2016
    [artist] => Mark Twain
    [fiction] => 1
    [coverImageUrl] => https://cover.hoopladigital.com/ecr_9781633894808_270.jpeg
    [titleId] => 11495216
    [isbn] => 9781633894808
    [abridged] => 
    [language] => ENGLISH
    [profanity] => 
    [title] => Sketches New and Old
    [demo] => 
    [segments] => Array
        (
        )

    [duration] => 12h 21m 0s
    [children] => 
    [artists] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [name] => Mark Twain
                    [artistFormal] => Twain, Mark
                    [relationship] => AUTHOR
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [name] => Robin Field
                    [artistFormal] => Field, Robin
                    [relationship] => READER
                )

        )

    [genres] => Array
        (
            [0] => Religious
        )

    [price] => 2.69
    [id] => 11495216
    [edited] => 
    [kind] => AUDIOBOOK
    [active] => 1
    [upc] => 
    [synopsis] => Sketches New and Old is a compilation of fictional stories written by Mark Twain. Among them is "A Ghost Story". In each story, one can catch a great sense of Twain's humor and creativity. These classic sketches from Twain are no longer than 10 minutes, but all show his quick witted humor in response to the events of the day. A real storyteller can make a great story out of anything, even the most trivial occurrence. Composed between 1863 and 1875, the sixty-three often outrageous sketches in Sketches, New and Old contain, for instance, a piece about the difficulty of getting a pocket watch repaired properly; complaints about barbers and office bores; and satirical comments on bureaucrats, courts of law, the profession of journalism, the claims of science, and the workings of government. In Mark Twain's hands, all these potentially dry and dull topics bristle with vitality and interest. "What fascinates Twain," Lee Smith writes in her introduction, is how people "react to the things that happen to them." Twain "lets them speak in their own voices by and large, in a chorus ranging from high-flown oratory to the plain speech of working people.... It seems generally true that the more elevated the speech, the likelier that person is to be an idiot; words of wisdom and common sense are invariably voiced by the common man"--or woman. "The most profound and moving sketch in this whole collection" Smith writes, is one "told by a freed slave." The candid, ironic, playful, and petulant sketches in this volume are indispensable to our understanding of a harried genius during thirteen quite amazing years.
    [url] => https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11495216
    [pa] => 
    [publisher] => Mission Audio
    [purchaseModel] => INSTANT
)