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Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven

Mark Twain

Book Overview: 

Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven” is a short-story written by American writer Mark Twain. The story follows Captain Stormfield on his extremely long cosmic journey to heaven, his accidental misplacement, his short-lived interest in singing and playing the harp, and the obsession of souls with the “celebrities” of heaven, like Adam and Moses, whom, according to Twain, become as distant to most people in heaven as living celebrities are on Earth. Twain uses this story to show his view that the common conception of heaven is ludicrous and points out the incongruities of such beliefs.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Well, they let me in, then, and told me I was safe forever and wouldn’t have any more trouble.

Then they turned from me and went on with their work, the same as if they considered my case all complete and shipshape.  I was a good deal surprised at this, but I was diffident about speaking up and reminding them.  I did so hate to do it, you know; it seemed a pity to bother them, they had so much on their hands.  Twice I thought I would give up and let the thing go; so twice I started to leave, but immediately I thought what a figure I should cut stepping out amongst the redeemed in such a rig, and that made me hang back and come to anchor again.  People got to eying me—clerks, you know—wondering why I didn’t get under way.  I couldn’t stand this long—it was too uncomfortable.  So at last I plucked up courage and tipped the head clerk a signal.  He says—

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Community Reviews

A fun little story. Mark Twain gives his imagination a little run-out and effortlessly comes up with a much more reasonable and believable cosmology than most major religions have managed.

An enjoyable parody/commentary on several things including how people view Heaven, or celebrity culture with some thought-provoking lines and descriptions. Definitely recommend to people interested in Twain's work because this story illustrates nicely Twain's creativity and story-telling ability.

Another from Twain. This one looks to be a fanciful tale...even the title should tell the reader that. Begins:

"Well, when I had been dead about thirty years I begun to get a little anxious. Mind you, had been whizzing through space all that time, like a comet. Like a comet! Why, Peters, I laid over

3.5/5

Mark Twain is a hoot. He's as funny now as he was then. Have you run out of Twain to read? Well, for some reason nobody but nobody has ever heard of or read this little jem. It is sacreligious in a most ingenious way. I would imagine even in its time it didn't get protested or burned. It's funny if

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