Twain started writing the book about conjoined twins, but he said the other characters took over the book. He extracted the conjoined twins into a story that's included as an appendix. The seams of the previous story still show in some places. I still like the book, because of the way it plays off doubles, race and public perception.
eta: Also, Pudd'nhead Wilson is a geek.
Also, Pudd'nhead Wilson is a geek
He so is. I just read that a few years ago, and found I liked it more than I expected.
Okay, if the conjoined twins are separate, I can download that too.
I hesitate to ask, since it's probably a no-brainer ("Why yes, Fay, in Jamaica we read it in Nursery, you fool!"), but have you read Mary Seacole's autobiography
The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands?
Because that's the last book I read online, and I loved the hell out of it.
Well, that's a superhero in the making if ever I heard one! Armed with super alertness, caffeine power and amazing sonic hearing? Perhaps Battaccino? Batspresso? Batte?
Marginally less disgusting than the coffee that's passed through the digestive tract of some Vietnamese animal. bleah
And, hey, if it's rabid, you might get cappuccino!