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    <namePart>Twain, Mark</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1835-1910</namePart>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2004</dateIssued>
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  <abstract>"The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories" by Mark Twain is a collection of thirty comic short stories published in 1906. Spanning nearly four decades of Twain's career, from 1865 to 1904, these tales showcase his signature humor and satirical wit. The collection includes the titular story alongside earlier works like "Advice to Young Girls" and "A Burlesque Biography." Published by Harper and Brothers, this volume brought together previously published pieces with minimal revision from their original forms. (This is an automatically generated summary.)</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>The 30,000 Dollar Bequest -- A Dog's Tale -- Was It Heaven? Or Hell? -- A Cure for the Blues -- The Enemy Conquered; or, 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 without a Master -- Italian with Grammar -- A Burlesque Biography -- How to Tell a Story -- 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 -- Portrait of King William III -- Does the Race of Man Love a Lord? -- Extracts from Adam's Diary -- Eve's Diary</tableOfContents>
  <note>Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_$30,000_Bequest_and_Other_Stories</note>
  <note>Release date is 2004-09-14</note>
  <note>Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger</note>
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    <topic>United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction</topic>
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