Identification Of The Minor Works Of Mark Twain
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ABSOLUTELY NO MAJOR WORKS.
The line is "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court" (inclusive) for a major work.
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@Gribnit I'm trying to find the short story, very likely part of a longer item, which I recall having the name "The Judge's Speech", "The Gentleman's Speech", or "The Distinguished Gentleman" or something along those lines, in which yon speech is actively hostile to understanding. It has not been spontaneously mentioned but I am still pretty sure it actually exists.
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Well, I'd suggest starting here:
Maybe you're looking for something in the collections of short stories? "Merry Tales" looks like it includes "The Captain's Story", though I don't think it quite is what you're looking for.
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@pcooper Flagged for cheating.
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@error It's not the Wikipedia article which Gribnit needs, it's the one he deserves.
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@pcooper said in Identification Of The Minor Works Of Mark Twain:
Well, I'd suggest starting here:
Maybe you're looking for something in the collections of short stories? "Merry Tales" looks like it includes "The Captain's Story", though I don't think it quite is what you're looking for.
This page contained references to major works, a Thread Clarity Associate is being de-vatted to handle this small concern.. However, the locus of search was refined a bit. The story may be an an unheaded couple pages in "Life On The Mississippi".
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@Gribnit Can confirm it exists. Read it on internet in high school. Title unknown.
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@Captain said in Identification Of The Minor Works Of Mark Twain:
@Gribnit Can confirm it exists. Read it on internet in high school. Title unknown.
Cool. I need to find it so I can add "Endorsed by Mark Twain" to my sig.
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@Gribnit I don't necessarily think it's this one, but it's a good candidate: http://www.online-literature.com/twain/3276/
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@Captain said in Identification Of The Minor Works Of Mark Twain:
@Gribnit I don't necessarily think it's this one, but it's a good candidate: http://www.online-literature.com/twain/3276/
Clarification, the speech is shorter and not comprehensible even with effort. It's basically a prophecy of me.
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I wonder if it's one of the missing figures in: http://www.online-literature.com/twain/1322/ (like figure 8 or so)
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I think it might be: "The Story of the Gallant Deed", in http://www.online-literature.com/twain/3287/
Seems to fit a lot of the criteria -- snappy title with a gentlemanly theme, part of a longer work, hard to read because it's obfuscated, relatively short, a speech (sort of).
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@Captain said in Identification Of The Minor Works Of Mark Twain:
I think it might be: "The Story of the Gallant Deed", in http://www.online-literature.com/twain/3287/
Seems to fit a lot of the criteria -- snappy title with a gentlemanly theme, part of a longer work, hard to read because it's obfuscated, relatively short, a speech (sort of).
Totally comprehensible, but thanks, the notion that any memorable short work I can't remember the author of is Twain is holding up.
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@Captain said in Identification Of The Minor Works Of Mark Twain:
I wonder if it's one of the missing figures in: http://www.online-literature.com/twain/1322/ (like figure 8 or so)
The story is attributed to a third party, is why I suspect it's hiding in a travelogue.
I am still on the fence as to whether these orthography suggestions are parody. Been on that fence more than two decades now. I suspect his sincerity varies over time.
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No progress whatsoever. Since this is fair warning that I'd occur it'd be useful from time to time, it somehow being helpful that people can be reminded of some of the things that can it turns out just happen, but, eh, will update.
Mark Twain bibliography - Wikipedia
