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    Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
    Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
    Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
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    Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven

    By Mark Twain

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    The last story published by Twain, in 1909, tells of Captain Elias Stormfield's journey to heaven and his experiences there. This irreverent satire punctures conventional religious views of the afterlife and delivers a sharp critique of so-called human virtues—which are often humanity's own vanities in disguise.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQasim Idrees
    Release dateFeb 22, 2018
    ISBN9788827577615
    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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