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The Mysterious StrangerMark Twain's use of dreams in the story "The Mysterious Stranger" is complex and at times delves into somewhat tricky philosophical territory. The story, on its very entertaining surface, is about...
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The Mysterious StrangerA more appropriate parallel than Satan in Mark Twain’s The Mysterious Stranger and Barbara Undershaft in George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara would be Satan and Andrew Undershaft, patriarch of...
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The Mysterious StrangerAll of Mark Twain’s classic works had already been published by the time The Mysterious Stranger was posthumously published in 1916. In fact, The Mysterious Stranger is generally considered to be...
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The Mysterious StrangerTwain actually wrote multiple versions, each unfinished, but all included Satan as a character. One version, The Chronicle of Young Satan, is about the nephew of Satan who lives in an Austrian...
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The Mysterious StrangerThere is a lengthy summary of Twain's work at eNotes. Although it is not broken down chapter-by-chapter, you should be able to get a good idea of all the important events throughout. The link to...