My First Lie and How I Got Out of It is a 19th century, humorous, essay on the subject of lying by American author Mark Twain. - AsNotedIn
As I understand it, what you desire is information about 'my first lie, and how I got out of it.' I was born in 1835; I am well along, and my memory is not as good as it was. If you had asked about my first truth it would have been easier for me and kinder of you, for I remember that fairly well; I remember it as if it were last week. The family think it was week before, but that is flattery and probably has a selfish project back of it. When a person has become seasoned by experience and has reached the age of sixty-four, which is the age of discretion, he likes a family compliment as well as ever, but he does not lose his head over it as in the old innocent days.
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| 1899/12/10 | Mark Twain | Author | "My First Lie and How I Got Out of It" by Mark Twain makes the cover of a special full-color supplement of the New York World. | ||||
| 1899/12/10 | New York World | Publisher | New York World publishes a special full-color Christmas supplement that is part of "Life's Great Problems - How to Solve Them: A Series of Special Articles by America's Most Famous Funny Men". Most of the front page is a four-color portrait of Mark Twain. |
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| Narrative Arts | Comedy, Humor | the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech. | |
| Art Type | Essay | an analytic or interpretative literary composition usually dealing with its subject from a limited or personal point of view | |
| Narrative Arts | Factual | concerned with what is actually true rather than interpretations of or reactions to it | |
| Vehicle | Hansom Cab | nimble, 2 wheeled horse-drawn carriage accommodating two inside, with the driver seated behind, named after its founder A J Hansom. | |
| Sociology | Lie | an intentionally false statement | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Narrative Arts | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity, hypocrisy or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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