Mark My Words: Mark Twain on Writing

Twain, Mark; Dawidziak, Mark (editor)

ISBN 10: 0312143656 / ISBN 13: 9780312143657

Verlag: St. Martin's Press, 1996

Beschreibung

Good+ ; Good+ Jacket. 1996 St. Martin's Press. SIGNED by editor on front free endpaper, not personalized, dated 10-96. First Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue paper-covered boards with dark blue paper-covered spine and copper spine lettering. Deckle fore edges. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Bottom corners bumped, back corner more so. Pages clean and unmarked. 160 pages. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, with light wrinkling at the corners and spine ends and one indentation on the front at the spine edge with a small break in the paper: book unaffected. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9805

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Mark My Words: Mark Twain on Writing
• Verlag: St. Martin's Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0312143656
• ISBN-13: 9780312143657
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1. Auflage
• Druck: 1st printing
• Zustand: Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good
• Signiert: signed by author
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Literature
  • Signed

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Inhaltsangabe

When he died in 1910, Mark Twain left behind more than a legacy of timeless novels and essays. He also bequeathed a wealth of useful - and funny - opinions on style, literary habits, and the writer's role in society. Nearly a century later, Twain's thoughts still provide information and inspiration for the novelist, essayist, public speaker, or armchair aficionado of the English language.
Compiled by veteran Twain enthusiast Mark Dawidziak, Mark My Words offers tips from Twain as true today as when he wrote them. Here you'll find the famous essay "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses," as delightfully malicious as it is instructive, as well as tips for the perfect speech (you must take at least three weeks to write an impromptu speech), the perfect book for children (it must interest not only boys but any man who has ever been a boy) - even the perfect editor (it's best to edit while awake).