{"product_id":"the-mysterious-stranger-and-other-stories","title":"The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if a stranger’s calm questions make human goodness seem stranger than his supernatural powers?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Mark Twain’s The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories, darkness meets sharp comedy. In the title story, boys in an Austrian village meet a beautiful young visitor called Satan. Theodor, their narrator, feels drawn to him, yet his extraordinary powers and detached talk of suffering trouble the boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround them, poverty, suspicion, and religious authority give questions of right and wrong real weight. Elsewhere, animals debate a picture, a young hunter pursues a resourceful turkey, and a couple struggles with a burglar alarm. Each story puts human confidence under pressure, turning amusement into a reason to look again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn unsettling visitor\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Theodor’s fascination as Satan challenges the human claim to know right from wrong.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA mirror of certainty\u003c\/strong\u003e – In A Fable, animals mistake a narrow view of a picture for complete understanding.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePride meets a turkey\u003c\/strong\u003e – Hunting the Deceitful Turkey pits youthful confidence against a bird’s frustrating resourcefulness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety becomes a struggle\u003c\/strong\u003e – The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm turns a couple’s search for security into comedy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLaughter with a bitter edge\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet human vanity through stories that move between comic frustration and troubling questions about cruelty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy sharp satire alongside unsettling questions about religion, cruelty, and human pride, with comedy that leaves room for unease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and let Twain’s strange visitor put your certainties to the test.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58289147117916,"sku":"LOA-C8-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":58289147150684,"sku":"LOA-C8-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58289147183452,"sku":"LOA-C8-PB","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58289147216220,"sku":"LOA-C8-HC","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-top-00008-en_2649be95-a748-4faa-8bb8-45c36bca1135.jpg?v=1792697424","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/the-mysterious-stranger-and-other-stories","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}