The American Claimant by Mark Twain

"The American Claimant" by Mark Twain is a novel published in 1892. This comedy of mistaken identities follows an American colonel who discovers he's heir to a British earldom, while a British viscount journeys to America seeking to renounce his aristocracy and live as an ordinary man. Their paths collide in a tale of switched roles, romantic confusion, and clashing ideals about democracy versus hereditary privilege. Twain notably experimented with this work, using phonographic dictation and placing all weather descriptions in an appendix. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Title The American Claimant
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Claimant
Credits David Widger and Trevor Carlson
Reading Level Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Humorous stories
Subject United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Subject Mistaken identity -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 3179
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Oct 3, 2022
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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