On the Decay of the Art of Lying Mark Twain. About the author. In our childhoods, almost all of us read ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ with great delight. In fact, for most of us reading these books marked the rite of passage from Enid Blyton’s books to more serious and enjoyable fiction. On the Decay of the Art of Lying is a short essay written Mark Twain in 1885 for a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, Connecticut. In the essay, Twain laments the dour ways in which men of America's Gilded Age employ man's "most faithfull friend. On the Decay of the Art of Lying and What Is Man? And Other Essays [Mark Twain] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A classic collection of Twain's essays including On The Decay Of The Art Of Lying, What Is Man?, The Death Of Jean Mark Twain may just be one of the best American writers to have graced my bookshelf. The man's sly wit, topical humor and easy-going manner make me love him more and more with each book I read. This book is no exception. Tongue firmly in cheek, Twain informs the reader on the art of lying and how to be successful in pursuing it. American writer Samuel Clemens, better known his pen name Mark Twain has given us some literary gems with Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and his travel adventures in 19th-century Europe and to Australia and New Zealand. In How to Tell a Story and Other Essays, Twain discusses the telling of stories, rather than providing more stories. On the Decay of the Art of Lying is a short essay Mark Twain from 1885. In it he deplores that way man's "most faithful friend" is being used and indeed misused, declaring that "the wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one; to lie for others' advantage
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