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Twain, Mark: Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven. v1. 19 Oct 2012
EXTRACT FROM CAPTAIN STORMFIELD’S VISIT TO HEAVEN
by Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 – 1910) Frontispiece by Albert Levering (1869 – 1929) First published 1907 The text of this book, published before 1923, is in the public domain world-wide because the author died more than 100 years ago. The illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is Life+80 or less, and in the USA. Mark Twain is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel." Among dozens of titles, some of his works include The Innocents Abroad, A Tramp Abroad, Roughing It, Life on the Mississippi, The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and many more. This was the last of Twain’s books published during his lifetime. Published in 1907 in Harper's Magazine, followed by a book version in 1909. The original manuscript dated back perhaps as far as 1868, and an 1873 version has survived. Twain claimed that the story in its early version was a satire of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward's "The Gates Ajar," a very popular novel published in 1868. This comic short story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long cosmic journey to heaven; his accidental misplacement; his short-lived interest in singing and playing the harp (generated by his preconceptions of heaven); and the obsession of souls with the "celebrities" of heaven, like Adam and Moses, who according to Twain become as distant to most people in heaven as living celebrities are on Earth. Twain uses this story to show his view that the common conception of heaven is ludicrous and points out the incongruities of such beliefs. —from Wikipedia ------ An excerpt. (the Captain has arrived at one of the gates of heaven; the head clerk is trying to ascertain what world he is from so he may be settled in the proper district...) Quote:
Despite the name, this is the entire piece, there ain't no more. Short story with no ToC, it only has two sections. The frontispiece is the only illustration. Formatted curly caps, emdashes, italics. Embedded fonts for drop caps (all two of them!), and for titling. Large-caps version if your reader doesn't like text-wrapping. Harken to the humor, savor the satire, enjoy the read! This work is assumed to be in the Life+70 public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. Copyright laws differ throughout the world, and it may still be under copyright in some countries. Before downloading, please check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.
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Thank you very much! I gave you some Karma few days ago, gave some to others, but still not allowed to give you any at this time, drat. Consider yourself unofficialiy karma-lized!
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Is that anything like caramelized?
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