HOW TO TELL A STORY AND OTHERS     

  

       by Mark Twain     

   

   

       Contents     

  HOW TO TELL A STORY  

  THE WOUNDED SOLDIER.  

  THE GOLDEN ARM.  

  MENTAL TELEGRAPHY AGAIN  

  THE INVALID’S STORY  

   

    

       HOW TO TELL A STORY     

           The Humorous Story an American Development.—Its Difference from Comic and Witty Stories. 

       I do not claim that I can tell a story as it ought to be told. I only claim to know how a story ought to be told, for I have been almost daily in the company of the most expert story-tellers for many years.     

       There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind—the humorous. I will talk mainly about that one. The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling; the comic story and the witty story upon the matter.     

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