Unquestionably 3:39 pm. Hope this helps. 😉 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kevin Mac Donnell Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 2:25 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Is there a general consensus as to Twain's best full-length works? What's the best time Saturday? Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB ************************* You may browse our books at: <http://www.macdonnellrarebooks.com> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com -----Original Message----- From: Alan Kitty Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 12:42 PM To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Is there a general consensus as to Twain's best full-length works? It's just a start, but how about ranking by era, age, gender, religious and p= olitical tendencies, region, nationality and dietary habits of critic? And f= or Heaven's sake, don't leave out earnings from Sales. Without those, most o= f those titles might not exist, and only a few descendants would have heard o= f our Mark. But perhaps "NO" will suffice after all.=20 Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 3, 2017, at 12:55 PM, Clay Shannon < <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >=20 > I know the short answer to this is "No," but I'm hoping for a more >nuanced= =3D > answer or two; is there a consensus about which Twain works, when > limited t= =3D > o=3DC2=3DA0full-length "books" (novels and nonfiction focusing on one > main= subj=3D > ect/theme) are considered his best works? > The list I'm thinking of would include the following, in chronological > ord= e=3D > r: > The Innocents Abroad (1869), travel > Roughing It (1872), travel > The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer > (1876) A Tramp Abroad (1880), travel The Prince and the Pauper (1881) > Life on the Mississippi (1883), travel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn > (1884) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) The American > Claimant (1892) Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) > Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (1896) Tom Sawyer, Detective > (1896) Following the Equator (sometimes titled "More Tramps Abroad") > (1897), trav= e=3D > l > I would personally place them in this ranking: > Roughing It > The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn > The Innocents Abroad > The Adventures of Tom Sawyer > Life on the Mississippi > A Tramp Abroad > Following the Equator > A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court The Gilded Age: A Tale of > Today The Prince and the Pauper The American Claimant Pudd'nhead > Wilson Tom Sawyer Abroad Tom Sawyer, Detective Personal Recollections > of Joan of Arc ...but wonder if there is a consensus as to ranking (by > critics/scholars, e= =3D > tc.), or at least as to popularity (appreciation by the water-imbibing > pub= l=3D > ic) > =3DC2=3DA0- B. Clay Shannon