The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain

Mark Twain\’s sense of humor on display

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4.0 out of 5 stars 

I enjoy the wit, wisdom, and humor of Mark Twain, and was intrigued by the description mentioning his translating the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county back out of French.

From the first line it is clear the French translator has a different sense of humor, as he skips the first few paragraphs of the story, which set the stage for the tale, and contain some of the imagery and humor.

It also means Simon Wheeler and the narrator are no longer two distinct separate characters, and some fun lines are missed, for instance: Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair, and then sat down and reeled off the monotonous narrative which follows this paragraph.

While I agree with the person who says you can get this story elsewhere, there evolution through the translations, and unsolicited editing, was an added but if humor.

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Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2017