Die Schrecken der deutschen Sprache und andere kurze Texte

Mark Twain

This volume gathers five short pieces by Mark Twain in German and English: his satirical Vienna speech on the trials of German and its literal English rendering, “German for the Hungarians,” “A Carnival of Crime in Connecticut,” and “The Invalid’s Story.” Verbal play, politics, conscience, and grotesque misunderstandings display several sides of Twain’s humor.