美国的短篇圣手马克·吐温最初便以写作幽默小品登上文坛，尽管此后也写作了《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》、《汤姆·索亚历险记》等几部长篇作品，而他的短篇创作却持续了一生，举凡《百万英镑》、《竞选州长》、《亚当夏娃日记》等篇均脍炙人口，一直为世界各国的读者所喜爱。作为美国黄金时代的代表作家，马克·吐温素以笔锋犀利、语言幽默诙谐著称，而他的这些特点尤其表现在他的短篇创作中。《马克·吐温短篇小说集(英文版)》遴选马克·吐温的中短篇小说30余篇，分量适中，兼顾了作家各时期的创作。

THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY

RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR

THE 1,000,000 BANK NOTE

THE 30,000 BEQUEST

A DOG'S TALE

WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?

A CURE FOR THE BLUES

THE ENEMY CONQUERED, OK LOVE TRIUMPHANT

THE CALIFORNIAN'S TALE

A HELPLESS SITUATION

A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION

EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON: A TALE

THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE

THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES

ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR

A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY

HOW TO TELL A STORY

THE GOLDEN ARM

GENERAL WASHINGTON'S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT

WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE"TWO-YEAR-OLDS"

AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE

A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

AMENDED OBITUARIES

A MONUMENT TO ADAM

A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN

INTRODUCTION TO "THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH"

ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS

POST-MORTEM POETRY

THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED

DOES THE RACE OF MAN LOVE A LORD?

EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY

EVE'S DIARY