美国的短篇圣手马克·吐温最初便以写作幽默小品登上文坛，尽管此后也写作了《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》、《汤姆·索亚历险记》等几部长篇作品，而他的短篇创作却持续了一生，举凡《百万英镑》、《竞选州长》、《亚当夏娃日记》等篇均脍炙人口，一直为世界各国的读者所喜爱。作为美国黄金时代的代表作家，马克·吐温素以笔锋犀利、语言幽默诙谐著称，而他的这些特点尤其表现在他的短篇创作中。《马克·吐温短篇小说集(英文版)》遴选马克·吐温的中短篇小说30余篇，分量适中，兼顾了作家各时期的创作。
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THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
THE 1,000,000 BANK NOTE
THE 30,000 BEQUEST
A DOG'S TALE
WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?
A CURE FOR THE BLUES
THE ENEMY CONQUERED, OK LOVE TRIUMPHANT
THE CALIFORNIAN'S TALE
A HELPLESS SITUATION
A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION
EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON: A TALE
THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE
THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES
ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR
A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY
HOW TO TELL A STORY
THE GOLDEN ARM
GENERAL WASHINGTON'S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT
WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE"TWO-YEAR-OLDS"
AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE
A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
AMENDED OBITUARIES
A MONUMENT TO ADAM
A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN
INTRODUCTION TO "THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH"
ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS
POST-MORTEM POETRY
THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED
DOES THE RACE OF MAN LOVE A LORD?
EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY
EVE'S DIARY