A Horse's Tale [Kindle Edition]

Mark Twain (Author)

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Product Description

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

About the Author

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, pseudonym Mark Twain was an American novelist, humorist and lecturer. He is known for his pragmatism of place and language and unforgettable characters. His famous works are “A Horse’s Tale”, “Life on Mississippi” and “War Prayer”.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 90 KB
• Publisher: Public Domain Books (October 1, 1997)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000JML0OO
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,600 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars NOT for children or animal lovers! SPOILER ALERT!, January 17, 2011

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ChadBJX - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Horse's Tale (Kindle Edition)

Having read a few of Twain's books before I decided to pick this one up during a bout of insomnia. 99% of the book is sort of interesting, tells a story in a round about way and makes you care for the young girl and the horse she falls in love with. I'm not sure what Twain's purpose was here, a shock piece, maybe, on the brutality of old style bull fighting where a blindfolded horse was used virtually as a target in a bloodsport. But it was very cruel of the author to make us care about these two only to kill them off savagely in a bullring with the child cradling the head of her dying horse in her arms as the enraged bull charges.
Do NOT read this book to a child, do NOT give this book to a child. In my opinion it should have a warning label! That being said, understand that I'm a 56 year old man and this story haunted me for days.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horror story for horse lovers, January 15, 2011

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Kim LaSavio - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Horse's Tale (Kindle Edition)

As a Mark Twain and horse lover, I was naturally intrigued by the title of this short story and greatly enjoyed the story until the last several chapters. The gut and heart wrenching ending for anyone who loves children and/or animals is disturbing to say the least, and I don't mind tragedy with a purpose. This was so bad as to keep me awake for several nights after finishing. DO NOT read this to children!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars should have read the reviews first, February 20, 2011

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sharico66 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Horse's Tale (Kindle Edition)

This book certainly taught me that you should always read the reviews before downloading a book. I did enjoy some of the book. I actually laughed outloud a few times. I pictured a young Shirley Temple as Lieutenant-General Alison. It was somewhat difficult to follow all of the characters as both humans and animals talked. I do agree with the other reviewers that there wasn't much story about a horse and it was a disturbing story. I'm not a member of any animal rights group but I am a horse lover and a former owner. Twain certainly did not hold back and spare any horribly cruel details. My advice is if you read this book just stop at chapter 10, the story takes a major nose dive at that point. NOT A CHILDREN'S BOOK, I was always under the impression that Twain was a G or PG writer.