马克·吐温的短篇小说犹如一颗颗璀璨的明珠，折射出他那个时代美国人民丰富的精神世界以及他们的物质生活的风貌。《马克·吐温短篇小说选》收录了他的数十篇短篇小说，有的文章讽刺宗教的伪善和人们价值观的颠倒，有的探讨社会发展和环境保护，有的探讨人类和动物的关系，当然还有以人类最初无知的眼光思考混沌之初的世界。

The □1, 000,000 Bank-Note

Playing Courier

The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

The Story of the Bad Little Boy

Journalism in Tennessee

How I Edited an Agricultural Paper

The Facts in the Great Beef Contract

The Story of the Good Little Boy

Experience of the McWilliamses with

Membranous Croup

My Watch: An Instructive Little Tale

A Curious Dream: Containing a Moral

The Invalid's Story

A Curious Experience

The Californian's Tale

Is He Living or Is He Dead?

A Dog's Tale

The $30,000 Bequest

Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit

to Heaven

Legend of the Capitoline Venus

Edward Mills and George Benton= A Tale

The Stolen White Elephant

A Fable

Some Learned FabJes For Good Old Boys

And Gifts

The Man that corrupted Hadleyburg

Mrs, McWilliams and the Lightning

The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm

A Ghost Story

A Medieval Romance