Bret Harte

friends. While he was the university he met a Dr. Joseph Bell, he was eventually the influence for the character Sherlock Holmes. He then wrote his first short story The Mystery of Sasassa Valley, which had the same style of Edgar Allen Poe, and Bret Harte. Shortly after he wrote his second short story, The American Tale. Which ended up being published in London Society and his response was, “It was in this year that I first learned that shillings might be earned in other ways by filing phials.”…

other people.” Personally, I believe that truer words could never be said. This quote applies to every single aspect of life, because there are always people around us to make it true. And those in “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”, a short narrative by Bret Harte, are no exception to this form of natural law. In fact, the main idea of this exemplum was that even people who have done bad things can still have a little bit of hidden goodness inside of them, especially when they surround themselves…

Throughout history, authors have been using dialects of different peoples to illuminate principles and themes. By using these dialects, authors are able to create realistic elements and accurately represent time periods and societies. Mark Twain uses dialect and dialogue to create his characters and to add aspects of verisimilitude to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain uses dialect to enhance Huckleberry Finn in many unique ways. Through Huckleberry Finn, Twain created the perfect…

There are many factors in which make up a successful, yet compelling writer. William Sydney Porter known as O. Henry, was an American Short Story author. As he developed his writing career he became notorious for his writings to have the utmost unexpected twist endings. All through his writings the theme of love, deception, mistaken identity, the impacts of incident, the unchangeable idea of the destiny and the determination of apparently unsolvable challenges isolating two lovers is seen.…

County". The story was a story that he heard when he was in the mines looking for silver and gold. Cavemen spoke lots of stories and this was one of them ("Mark Twain Biography”Notable). While he was trying out being an author he meet Artemus Ward and Bret Harte. They are US writers and gave some great tips about writing and what to do in some situations. Mark Twain celebrated because "Jumping Frog of Calaveras” becomes known all around the country ("Mark Twain Biography”Hannibal). In 1867 Twain…

(1873) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) The Prince and the Pauper (1882) Life on the Mississippi (1883) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889) The Man That Corrupted Hadleydburg (1900) Bret Harte (1836-1902) Editor, beginning in 1868, of The Overland Monthly, San Francisco, in which he published the stories “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” and the poem “Plain Language from Truthful James,” also known as…