No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger (Mark Twain Library)
by Mark Twain
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Author: Mark TwainEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-05-10
ISBN: 0520242068
Number of pages: 212
Publisher: University of California Press
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Book Review: A review by H. L. Mencken
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Mysterious Stranger boldly analyzes the concept of God. What, after all, is the actual character of this Being we are asked to reverence and obey? How is His mind revealed by His admitted acts? How does His observed conduct toward man square with those ideals of human conduct that He is said to prescribe, and whose violation He is said to punish with such appalling penalties?
"These are the questions that Mark sets for himself. His answers are, in brief, a complete rejection of the whole Christian theory -- a rejection based upon a wholesale reductio ad absurdum. The thing is not mere mocking; it is not even irreverent; but the force of it is stupendous. I know of no agnostic document that shows a keener sense of essentials or a more deft hand for making use of the indubitable. A gigantic irony is in it. It glows with a profound conviction, almost a kind of passion. And the grotesque form of it -- a child's story -- only adds to the sardonic implacability of it."
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