The Mysterious Stranger
Frontispiece of the 1st edition: "Eseldorf was a paradise for us boys" | |
| Author | Mark Twain |
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| Illustrator | N. C. Wyeth |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
Publication date | 1916, posthumously |
| Publication place | New York City, New York, United States |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 176 |
The Mysterious Stranger is a novella by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it intermittently from 1897 through 1908. Twain wrote multiple versions of the story; each involves a supernatural character called "Satan" or "No. 44", encountering children. In one version, the children are Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.