Letters from the Earth

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Letters from the Earth is one of Mark Twain s posthumously published works The essays were written during a difficult time in Twain s life he was deep in debt and had lost his wife and one of his daughters The book consists of a series of short stories, many of which deal with God and Christianity Twain penned a series of letters from the point of view of a dejected angel on Earth This title story consists of letters written by the archangel Satan to archangels, Gabriel and Michael, about his observations on the curious proceedings of earthly life and the nature of man s religions By analyzing the idea of heaven and God that is widely accepted by those who believe in both, Twain is able to take the silliness that is present and study it with the common sense that is absent Not so much an attack as much as a cold dissection Other short stories in the book include a bedtime story about a family of cats Twain wrote for his daughters, and an essay explaining why an anaconda is morally superior to Man Twain s writings in Letters From the Earth find him at perhaps his most quizzical and questioning state ever.About Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens November 30, 1835 April 21, 1910 , 1 better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876 , and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1885 , 2 the latter often called the Great American Novel. Download Letters from the Earth author Mark Twain – kino-fada.fr This is our next book club selection, and I m loving it as much this second reading as I did when I first found this little gem over 30 years ago Twain had said it couldn t be published, and I can see why Not many in his time period would have liked the idea of Satan being on earth and writing scathing satirical letters back to his buddies in heaven about the condition of humankind.This is a thin little volume, but my version is getting lots of highlighting His criticism of humanity is as t This is our next book club selection, and I m loving it as much this second reading as I did when I first found this little gem over 30 years ago Twain had said it couldn t be published, and I can see why Not many in his time period would have liked the idea of Satan being on earth and writing scathing satirical letters back to his budd...Mi primer 5 estrellas del a o Le tenia miedo a este libro, tenia miedo sobre lo que podr a encontrar en sus p ginas, pero una vez m s el ingenio, la iron a y la sagacidad de Twain me han dejado con un gran sabor Pronto tendr n mi rese a en el blog.Brilliant The failure and hypocrisy of religion and out puny imagination of God, Heaven and Hell leaves mankind exposed and ordinary.Carl Reiner does an admirable job narrating this classic, funny, irreverent, and at times joyfully bizarre Twain treat.Este relato de Mark Twain no fue publicado hasta el a o 1962, 52 a os despu s de la muerte de su autor Su hija se neg rotundamente a que este librito viese la luz por razones morales y religiosas Se trata de un manifiesto contra la religi n en forma de ficci n humor stica, en la l nea de El Diario de Ad n y Eva.El relato empieza cuando Dios crea la tierra y la raza humana mientras lo observan sus tres arc ngeles Gabriel, Miguel y Satan s Tras hacerlo se aburre y deja a la humanidad olvidada Este relato de Mark Twain no fue publicado hasta el a o 1962, 52 a os despu s de la muerte de su autor Su hija se neg rotundamente a que este librito viese la luz por razones morales y religiosas Se trata de un manifiesto contra la religi n en forma ..., ,,, , , 1 , ,, , , ,,, , , 1 , ,, , ,,, , , ,, , ,, , , ,, , , , , , ,, My gawd, I am loving this book Utterly irreverent, yes And excellent As with Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ s Childhood Pal Quite the set of essays I like A lot And rational And humorous, of course Startedstrongly than it ended but still 4 stars.It s hard to believe this kind of work could be published in 1940s A brutal gibe at theism, Mark Twain helps us understand most mythical beliefs are nonsensical The book chiefly concerns itself with Christianity and the Bible but arguments can just as easily be applied to any religion.Niedu a ksi eczka, kt ra obiecywa a tak wiele tematem i nazwiskiem autora dla mnie niestety okaza a si ogromnym rozczarowaniem Nie nale c do wielkich fan w chrze cija stwa, religii, czy te wiary w przer ne mistyczne zjawiska mia em nadziej na co konstruktywnie krytycznego, co napisane przez fachowca od j zyka dla mas, nadaj cego si do cytowania i polecania innym.Po prawdzie interesuj ce s z...Twain wit at its best Immensely fun to read at the same time as I am reading the Bible as piece of literature Twain ridicules humanity, our relationship to God punctuating the discordance between what the bible says and how the world is Very quotable at one point I realized t...

Letters from the Earth
  • English
  • 17 April 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 85 pages
  • Mark Twain
  • Letters from the Earth