The Invalid's Story Group

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analyssa123
analyssa123
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High School - 9th Grade

In what era does the story take place?

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Posted by analyssa123 on Wednesday October 22, 2008 at 4:17 PM and tagged with era, the invalid's story.

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  1. cummingsa
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    "The Invalid's Story" was written by Mark Twain in the late 1800s or the nineteenth century.  It is estimated that Twain wrote the story sometime in the 1870s.  The story takes place in an era when people relied on trains for transportation and when people were afraid of being buried alive. 

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    Posted by cummingsa on Friday October 24, 2008 at 7:06 AM