TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
How To Tell a Story and Other Essays.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1897.
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First edition of Mark Twain's How To Tell a Story and Other Essays
First edition, first state of this classic Twain work with the uncorrected spelling error 'ciper' (instead of cipher) to page 187, line 16. Octavo, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Twain famously opens the present volume with the lines: "I do not claim that I can tell a story as it ought to be told. I only claim to know how a story ought to be told, for I have been almost daily in the company of the most expert story-tellers for many years. There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind - the humorous. I will talk mainly about that one. The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling: the comic story and the witty story upon the matter."
How To Tell a Story and Other Essays.
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