The Mysterious Stranger [4 Editions] - Mark Twain Audiobook

Written by Mark Twain
Read by Michael Scott, Don Randall, Richard Henzel, Lee Howard
Format: MP3
Bitrate: Mixed

This story is told by Theodor Fischer, a boy who lives in a small Austrian village and quietly exists with his friends, relatives and community. One day a stranger appears in the village and befriends Theodor and his chums. He tells them that his name is Satan and he is the nephew of “the Satan”. He is capable of all types of magic, predictions and apparitions that he reveals in various ways to the boys. But throughout the story Satan expels his wisdom on the character and futility of mankind.

While this work contains the wit and humor typical of Mark Twain, the story line is considered a serious social commentary on Twain’s criticism of organized religion.

©2018 Mark Twain (P)2018 AB Books

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Considered one of Twain’s most important short works, The Mysterious Stranger tells the story of the devil coming to a medieval village in the persona of a beautiful, lovable, yet exasperatingly amoral young man. Befriending a small group of boys, Satan exhibits strange charm, compassion, and indifference as the tale comes to a surprising comclusion.

©2006 Ascendant Audiobooks LLC (P)2006 Ascendant Audiobooks LLC

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One of Mark Twain’s classic tales, a small band of boys in a medieval village make friends with a very real angel whose name is Satan. He assures the boys that he’s not The Satan, but his nephew. He looks like a boy of their own age, but his magical powers and unusual perspectives on morals and mankind leave the boys amazed and bewildered.

Mark Twain never finished this story to his own satisfaction, after several attempts. In 1916, his biographer and friend Albert Bigelow Paine, with fellow author Frederick Duneka, added an evil astrologer and devised an ending, and published the version which is here presented. Considered by Mark Twain scholars to be a fraud due to the additions and changes, it is nevertheless a moving and satisfying story.

Narrated by Richard Henzel, who has been portraying Mark Twain on stage and screen for over 50 years.

Public Domain (P)2019 Richard Henzel/Jennie Henzel

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The author of outstanding travel books, autobiographical works and novels, including the classic “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, “Mark Twain” (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910) is regarded by many as America’s finest humorist and a major writer of short stories. The four selections in this volume span his entire writing career and are among his best-known stories.

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