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    Cannibalism in the Cars
    Cannibalism in the Cars
    Cannibalism in the Cars
    Audiobook26 minutes

    Cannibalism in the Cars

    Written by Mark Twain

    Narrated by Gary Telles

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    About this audiobook

    Cannibalism In The Cars is a short story by Mark Twain which satires the political system of the US. The story is about a group of men trapped in a train during a snow storm. After a week, the men know that they must resort to cannibalism for survival. They hold ineffective elections, and are so formal that they even follow parliamentary procedure. The ridiculousness of these election can be shown through the following quote: "...Mr. Harris was elected, all voting for him but himself... his election should be ratified by acclamation, which was lost, in consequence of his again voting against himself." At the end of the story it is revealed that the man telling it was just an insane congressman.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherListen & Live Audio
    Release dateSep 1, 2010
    ISBN9781593161712
    Cannibalism in the Cars
    Author

    Mark Twain

    Frederick Anderson, Lin Salamo, and Bernard L. Stein are members of the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.

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