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The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories (7 works)

The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories (7 works)

Humor Children Literary Fiction Short Stories

Mark Twain, Edmund Reiss

Authors: Mark Twain, Edmund Reiss
Print type: BOOK

Description:

[The title short story]... wrestles with questions of God and evil. It tells of a callous angel who drops in on a village and wreaks havoc. The angel makes tiny clay people come alive and then, for amusement, destroys them with a storm, a fire and an earthquake..." - Nicholas D. Kristof Contains: The mysterious stranger A horse's tale Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven A fable My platonic sweetheart Hunting the deceitful turkey The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm.