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Letters from the Earth is a posthumously published work of American author Mark Twain (1835–1910) collated by Bernard DeVoto. It comprises essays written during a difficult time in Twain's life (1904–1909), when he was deeply in debt and had recently lost his wife and one of his daughters.
A satirical novel by Mark Twain, published in 1909, in which the Creator and Satan discuss the history and morality of mankind. The novel consists of letters from the Creator to Satan, who questions the justice and wisdom of God's plan for the human race.
In Letters from the Earth, Satan reports back to heaven in a series of epistles making light of religion. He explains that Noah and his family were all disease ridden, since God's command to preserve two of every animal also applied to microbes.
21 de abr. de 2011 · Letters from the Earth, miscellany of fiction, essays, and notes by Mark Twain, published posthumously in 1962. Bernard De Voto, Twain’s second literary executor, compiled the writings in 1939, but publication of the work was held up for two decades by Twain’s daughter Clara.
18 de ene. de 2014 · Listen to the audio recording of Twain's sarcastic essays on morality and religion, published posthumously in 1962. The book challenges Christianity, God, Satan, and angels with wit and doubt.
2 de jul. de 2021 · A collection of short stories and essays by Mark Twain, published posthumously in 1991. Some of them are humorous, some are satirical, and some are controversial, dealing with topics such as religion, history, and animals.
17 de feb. de 2004 · In Letters from the Earth, Twain presents himself as the Father of History -- reviewing and interpreting events from the Garden of Eden through the Fall and the Flood, translating the papers of Adam and his descendants through the generations.
