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Mark Twain in His Times

Subject Area:

Language Arts

Address/URL:

http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/

Description:

Built around five of Mark Twain's full-length works (including Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer), this site is a valuable resource for students and teachers of American literature. Dozens of additional Twain works and scores of pieces by his contemporaires can also be found here, along with original illustrations. These pages will put Twain's works back into their original context, and help provide a key to their understanding.

How You Can Use This Source:

  • Read original Twain texts in electronic format without having to miss the illustrations.
  • Visit the interactive tours of Twain's works, where you control what you learn next.
  • Play a memory game online which was originally developed by Mark Twain himself!

Go to Mark Twain in His Times.

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