On the Decay of the Art of Lying

Name: On the Decay of the Art of Lying
Author: Mark Twain

by Mark Twain

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Essay, for discussion, read at a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, and offered for the thirty-dollar prize. (Did not take the prize.)

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Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-09-15

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

American essays -- 19th century Truthfulness and falsehood

About the author

Mark Twain

1835–1910

Best known for bringing the Mississippi River, small-town America, and sharp humor vividly to life, this American writer turned everyday speech into unforgettable literature. Under the pen name Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens became one of the most famous and most quoted authors of the 19th century.

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