Bret Harte was at the forefront of western American literature, paving the way for other writers, including Mark Twain. For the first time in one volume, The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Writings brings together not only Harte's best-known pieces including ""The Luck of Roaring Camp"" and ""The Outcasts of Poker Flat,"" but also the original transcription of the famous 1882 essay ""The Argonauts of '49"" as well as a selection of his poetry, lesser-known essays, and three of his Condensed Novels-parodies of James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.
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Bret Harte Notes by:
Gary Scharnhorst Introduction by:
Gary Scharnhorst Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 255g ISBN:9780140439175 ISBN 10: 014043917X Pages: 336 Publication Date:01 August 2001 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Gary Scharnhorst is editor of American Literary Realism and editor in alternating years of the research annual American Literary Scholarship.