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Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race (2004. Auflage)

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Irreverent, charming, and eminently quotable, this handbook-an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race-contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain's private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and safety; and more specialized tips, such as those for dealing with annoying salesmen and burglars. Culled from Twain's personal letters, autobiographical writings, speeches, novels, and sketches, these pieces are delightfully fresh, witty, startlingly relevant, and bursting with Twain's characteristic ebullience for life. They also remind us exactly how Mark Twain came to be the most distinctive and well-known American literary voice in the world. These texts, some of them new or out of print for decades, have been selected and meticulously prepared by the editors at the Mark Twain Project.… (mehr)
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Titel:Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race
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Like most anthologies, this one suffers from the editor, but not as badly as most. Sometimes people have odd ideas of what is the best writing of an individual, and in this case, most of the writing is good, though certainly much of it is not vintage Twain, and some of it is just meh. Most of this was unpublished in his life time, and much of it unpublished since. When will editors learn that most of what is unpublished of a prominent author may simply not be what people want to read? That said, most of this consisted of excerpts from published works, and while not always his best work, it was nearly always entertaining and amusing, especially when the advice he gives is tongue-in-cheek and not meant to be followed. A quick, satisfying read, though not always Twain's best. ( )
  Devil_llama | Sep 30, 2019 |
Quite amusing. Most of the essays and stories are on the humorous side and are excellent.

His short essay about how he became a an activist for the humane treatment of animals touched me deeply. Most kids who grow up in the country have similar stories; we do something cruel and it dawns on us that we have no right to do that to another living being.

I'm not sure if city or suburban kids have that experience. ( )
  rabbit-stew | Mar 29, 2019 |
LOL funny. I recognized several gems from the autobiography. But unlike the Autobiography[, this compilation is just too short and ends too soon. ( )
  Sandydog1 | Feb 9, 2018 |
It has what we've come to expect from Mark Twain's writing - humor, wry observations about humanity - but also more practical issue from the author's life. Most of the tidbits are interesting - for example, who knew there were electric burglar alarms in the 19th century? - but a few of them don't seem to add anything to the overall collection. Twain's observations about parenting are perhaps the most interesting. Seems like he must've been a great father. ( )
  Lindoula | Sep 25, 2017 |
Assorted stories and clips from Twain's writings about dealing with life. ( )
  addunn3 | Apr 20, 2017 |
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Irreverent, charming, and eminently quotable, this handbook-an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race-contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain's private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and safety; and more specialized tips, such as those for dealing with annoying salesmen and burglars. Culled from Twain's personal letters, autobiographical writings, speeches, novels, and sketches, these pieces are delightfully fresh, witty, startlingly relevant, and bursting with Twain's characteristic ebullience for life. They also remind us exactly how Mark Twain came to be the most distinctive and well-known American literary voice in the world. These texts, some of them new or out of print for decades, have been selected and meticulously prepared by the editors at the Mark Twain Project.

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