Download or read book Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor written by Various Authors and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the title claims, the book is a real collection of the best examples of the American humorous literature. The editor gathers valuable pieces by the prominent authors like Washington Irving, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain and many more. It was compiled at the turn of the 19th and 20th century and its aim was to bring relaxing notes into the craze for moral seriousness in all literature, which was characteristic of that period.