In the sleepy Austrian village of Eseldorf in 1590, three boys befriend a charming stranger who calls himself Satan, nephew of the fallen angel. He works wonders, alters fates and lectures them on the cruelty of the moral sense. The volume adds shorter pieces, among them a fable, a turkey hunt and the McWilliamses’ war with their burglar alarm.
Twain’s darkest fiction, issued after his death in 1916, beside some of his lighter comic sketches. Download the free EPUB.