The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Here's a Mark Twain story that's very unlike those he became famous for, but when I read it back in Catholic high school, it left a deep impression. It concerns the deeply religious residents of a small village in Austria during the late sixteenth century, and what happened to several of them when a strange man began to visit their insulated homeland. There's little of Twain's humor here; this is a horror story, a parable. . . and a warning.
(Summary by Ted Delorme)

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 01 Ted Delorme
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Play 02 Chapter 02 Ted Delorme
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Play 03 Chapter 03 Ted Delorme
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Play 04 Chapter 04 Ted Delorme
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Play 05 Chapter 05 Ted Delorme
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Play 06 Chapter 06 Ted Delorme
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Play 07 Chapter 07 Ted Delorme
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Play 08 Chapter 08 Ted Delorme
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Play 09 Chapter 09 Ted Delorme
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Play 10 Chapter 10 Ted Delorme
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Play 11 Chapter 11 Ted Delorme
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Play 12 Chapter 12 Ted Delorme
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