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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

Mark Twain

10 h 20 min · 41 chapters · read by John Greenman

A collection of Mark Twain's later short pieces. In the title story a small-town couple are told they will inherit $30,000 and spend it a hundred times in their heads; there are also A Dog's Tale, Was It Heaven? Or Hell?, The Californian's Tale and comic sketches such as How to Tell a Story.

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10 h 20 min
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8 h 16 min
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6 h 53 min
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Chapters

  1. The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter I4:47
  2. The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter II10:49
  3. The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter III7:00
  4. The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter IV12:44
  5. The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter V5:48
  6. The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter VI13:06
  7. The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter VII9:27
  8. The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter VIII9:45
  9. A Dog's Tale Chapter I6:12
  10. A Dog's Tale Chapter II1:56
  11. A Dog's Tale Chapter III17:41
  12. Was It Heaven? Or Hell? Chapter I & Chapter II9:37
  13. Was It Heaven? Or Hell? Chapter III15:54
  14. Was It Heaven? Or Hell? Chapter IV7:10
  15. Was It Heaven? Or Hell? Chapter IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X14:41
  16. A Cure For The Blues50:11
  17. The Curious Book part 159:44
  18. The Curious Book part 252:26
  19. The Californian's Tale18:06
  20. A Helpless Situation13:19
  21. A Telephonic Conversation6:10
  22. Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale 14:42
  23. The Five Boons of Life6:31
  24. The First Writing-Machines7:37
  25. Italian Without a Master17:20
  26. Italian With Grammar17:54
  27. A Burlesque Biography13:39
  28. How To Tell A Story13:29
  29. General Washington's Negro Body-Servant9:25
  30. Wit Inspirations of the "Two Year-olds"7:09
  31. An Entertaining Article21:22
  32. A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury & Amended Obituaries6:02
  33. A Monument to Adam & A Humane Word From Satan7:38
  34. Introduction to "The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English" 6:50
  35. Advice to Little Girls & Post-Mortem Poetry (written in 1870)14:51
  36. The Danger of Lying in Bed7:44
  37. Portrait of King William III6:36
  38. Does the Race of Man Love a Lord?29:07
  39. Extracts From Adam's Diary25:10
  40. Eve's Diary24:04
  41. Extract From Adam's Diary16:18

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