{"product_id":"9781931082105","title":"Mark Twain: The Gilded Age and Later Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand,\" \u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e once wrote. In this sixth volume in The Library of America's authoritative collection of his writings-the final volume of his fiction-America's greatest humorist emerges in a surprising range of roles: as the savvy satirist of \u003cb\u003eThe Gilded Age\u003c\/b\u003e, the brilliant plotter of its inventive sequel, \u003cb\u003eThe American Claimant\u003c\/b\u003e, and, in two Tom Sawyer novels, as the acknowledged master revisiting his best-loved characters. Also in this volume is the authoritative version of Twain's haunting last novel, \u003cb\u003eNo. 44, The Mysterious Stranger\u003c\/b\u003e, left unpublished when he died.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Gilded Age\u003c\/b\u003e (1873), a collaboration with Hartford neighbor Charles Dudley Warner, sends up an age when vast fortunes piled up amid thriving corruption and a city Twain knew well, Washington, D.C., full of would-be power brokers and humbug. The novel also gives us one of Twain's most enduring characters, Colonel Sellers, who returns in \u003cb\u003eThe American Claimant\u003c\/b\u003e (1892), an encore performance that moves beyond the worldly satire of its predecessor into realms of sheer inventive mayhem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Sawyer Abroad\u003c\/b\u003e (1894) and \u003cb\u003eTom Sawyer, Detective\u003c\/b\u003e (1896) extend the adventures of Huck and Tom. \u003cb\u003eNo. 44, The Mysterious Stranger\u003c\/b\u003e (1908), an astonishing psychic adventure set in the gothic gloom of a medieval Austrian village, offers a powerful and uncanny exploration of the powers of the human mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48729382748400,"sku":"9781931082105","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781931082105_p0.jpg?v=1768852943","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781931082105","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}