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What were Mark Twain's shit-tier novels, and what were his god-tier novels?

I fucking hated the Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn books.

But I'm willing to give Mr. Twain a second chance.

>> No.2792270

don't bother

>> No.2792287

>>2792004
If you hated Huck Finn, then Mark Twain is dead to you. Move on to a different author.

>> No.2792293

Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are generally considered to be his masterpieces.


If you didn't like them, then >>2792270 with the rest.
It also makes you an idiot.

>> No.2792309

>>2792004
Give "The Mysterious Stranger" a spin. It's radically different than either Adventures. Too short to be a novel, but it's still a masterpiece.

>> No.2792368
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2792368

Recollections of Jeanne d'Arc

No one reads it, but the prose is beautiful.

>> No.2792562

>>2792368
I might be wrong, but didn't Twain think that was his best?

I actually just discovered 1601, which he apparently published anonymously and didn't own up to it until he was nearly dead.
>http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3190/3190-h/3190-h.htm