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Sketches New and Old is a compilation of imaginary stories compiled by Mark Twain. Included in this is "A Ghost Story". In each story, one can get a great sense of Twain's laughter and creativeness. These classic sketches from Twain are no longer than 10 minutes each, but all show his quick-witted laughter in response to the occurrences of the day. A genuine storyteller can make a great story out of anything, even the most trivial incident. Composed between 1863 and 1875, the 63 often outrageous sketches in Sketches, New and Old contain, for occasion, a piece about the issue of getting a pocket watch restored properly; grievances about barbers and office bores; and satirical reviews on bureaucrats, courts of regulation, the occupation of journalism, the says of knowledge, and the workings of government. In Symbol Twain's hands, each one of these potentially dried out and dull subject areas bristle with vitality and interest. "What fascinates Twain," Lee Smith writes in her introduction, is how people "react to the things that happen to them." Twain "lets them speak in their own voices by and large, in a chorus ranging from high-flown oratory to the ordinary speech of working people.... It seems generally true that a lot more elevated the talk, the likelier see your face is usually to be an idiot; words of wisdom and common sense are invariably voiced by the normal man" - or girl. "By far the most deep and moving sketch in this complete collection" Smith writes, is one "told by a freed slave." The candid, ironic, playful, and petulant sketches in this amount are indispensable to your knowledge of a harried genius during 13 quite amazing years.
