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by Mark Twain. A Ghost Story, alternate title A Ghost's Tale (1870), is Twain's unique twist of the ghost story genre, mocking superstition, and proving he's a master employing satirical wit across his broad range of works. Featured in our Halloween Stories.
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The narrator rents a room in New York City, in "a huge old building whose upper stories had been wholly unoccupied for years." He sits by the fire awhile and then goes to bed. He wakes in terror to discover that the bed covers are being slowly pulled toward his feet. After an unnerving tug-of-war with the sheets, he finally hears footsteps retreat....
Usually, Mark Twain stories are very funny. But much of Twain's Cardiff Giant piece reads as a straight ghost story. The humor doesn't enter until more than halfway through. The story, then, showcases the range of Twain's talent. His deft descriptions create a sense of terror without the breathless nervousness you'd find in a story by Edgar Allan P...
The tone of the story changes entirely once the narrator recognizes the Cardiff Giant. Twain writes: One gets the impression that the Cardiff Giant, though revealed to be a hoax, was so well known and beloved by Americans that he could be considered an old friend. The narrator takes a chatty tone with the giant, gossiping with him and chastising hi...
Twain's 1875 story is a humorous account of a man who rents a room haunted by the Cardiff Giant, a fake petrified giant carved by a hoaxer. The story plays with the contrast between terror and humor, and Twain's skepticism and gossip.
Learn how Mark Twain satirizes superstition and gullibility in his short story 'A Ghost Story.' The narrator encounters a giant footprint, mysterious noises, and eerie lights in a haunted room.
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Feb 9, 2024 · It has been more than a century since Mark Twain wrote his acclaimed and timeless short story ‘A Ghost Story’. The story is set in 1847 in the Mississippi Valley and centers around three good friends, Bill, Tom and Jack, who venture out on the foggy night of Christmas Eve in search of the supernatural.
Read the classic horror story by Mark Twain, published in 1903, about a man who rents a haunted room in a dilapidated building. Learn about the plot, the characters, the themes, and the literary devices used in this chilling tale.
Feb 20, 2018 · A Ghost Story is Twain's unique twist of the ghost story genre, mocking superstition, and proving he's a master employing satirical wit across his broad range of works.The story...
Jan 6, 2016 · A Ghost Story. Mark Twain. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Jan 6, 2016 - Fiction - 26 pages. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by...
