Short Stories for ESL Students - Book 3 of 4

by Mark Twain, Jack London

Overview

Easy reading versions of ten classic American short stories.
Contents:
O. Henry - The Gift of the Magi
Ambrose Bierce - The Boarded Window
Mark Twain - The Celebrated Frog of Calaveras County
Stephen Crane - The Open Boat
Frank Stockton - The Lady or the Tiger
Tall Tale - Pecos Bill
Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Ambitious Guest
Jack London - The Law of Life
Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Fitz-James O'Brien - The Diamond Lens

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162389873
Publisher:	Gerald Murphy
Publication date:	01/27/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	654 KB

About the Author

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), best known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an author and humorist noted for the novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (which has been called "The Great American Novel") and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, among many other books. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and he spent time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before finding fame as a writer.

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut