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Letters from the Earth is a posthumously published work of American author Mark Twain (1835–1910) collated by Bernard DeVoto. It comprises essays written during a difficult time in Twain's life (1904–1909), when he was deeply in debt and had recently lost his wife and one of his daughters. The content concerns morality and religion and strikes a tone that is sarcastic—Twain's own term throughout the book. Initially, Twain's sole surviving child, Clara Clemens, objected to its publication in March 1939, probably because of its controversial and iconoclastic views on religion, claiming it presented a "distorted" view of her father. Henry Nash Smith helped change her position in 1960. Clara explained her change of heart in 1962 saying that "Mark Twain belonged to the world" and that public op

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  • Lettere dalla Terra (it)
  • Letters from the Earth (en)
  • Listy z Ziemi (pl)
  • Письма с Земли (ru)
  • Листи з Землі (uk)
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  • Lettere dalla Terra (Letters from the Earth) è il titolo di una delle opere di Mark Twain pubblicate postume. (it)
  • «Письма с Земли» (англ. Letters from the Earth) — наиболее критическое произведение Марка Твена против христианских догматов. Произведение не публиковалось дочерью Кларой до 1962, то есть свыше 50 лет после смерти писателя. (ru)
  • «Листи з Землі» (англ. Letters from the Earth) — одна з найбільш антиклерикальних книг американського письменника Марка Твена, в якій піддається жорсткій критиці Біблія, релігійна мораль, діяльність християнських церков, тощо. (uk)
  • Letters from the Earth is a posthumously published work of American author Mark Twain (1835–1910) collated by Bernard DeVoto. It comprises essays written during a difficult time in Twain's life (1904–1909), when he was deeply in debt and had recently lost his wife and one of his daughters. The content concerns morality and religion and strikes a tone that is sarcastic—Twain's own term throughout the book. Initially, Twain's sole surviving child, Clara Clemens, objected to its publication in March 1939, probably because of its controversial and iconoclastic views on religion, claiming it presented a "distorted" view of her father. Henry Nash Smith helped change her position in 1960. Clara explained her change of heart in 1962 saying that "Mark Twain belonged to the world" and that public op (en)
  • Listy z Ziemi (ang. Letters from the Earth) – powieść Marka Twaina składająca się z jedenastu listów Szatana, który za skrytykowanie świata – dzieła Stwórcy – został zesłany na Ziemię, skąd pisuje do kolegów archaniołów Michała i Gabriela. Piórem Szatana Twain zakreślił własny, krytyczny komentarz do Biblii. Powieść powstała w roku 1909, jednak ukazała się dopiero w roku 1963, wiele lat po śmierci Twaina. Pierwsze polskie wydanie opublikowano w roku 1966. (pl)
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