The Mysterious Stranger: And Other Stories - 9781542709910

In The Mysterious Stranger, a sleepy Austrian village is visited by Satan, an angel who is the nephew of the more famous, evil Satan. Satan (acting as a mouthpiece for Twain) objectively points out how the human race is defined by fear, lies, betrayal, suspicion, and cowardice. Twain presents us with the burning of an innocent woman as a witch, the abandonment of a kind family by their friends, and a drunkard beating his loyal dog until the poor animal's eye is smashed out. Towards the end, Satan has this bombshell: he doesn't exist, and neither does God--how could there be a greater power when humanity is as sickening and loathsome as it is?

• • Author: Mark Twain
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Jan 23, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 108 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1542709911
• • ISBN-13: 9781542709910