The edition published in 1916 (in seven parts in Harper's Magazine, and separately as a book published by Harpers) is composed mainly of a heavily edited Chronicle of Young Satan, with a slightly altered version of the ending from No. This version contains an actual ending however, the text still has many flaws and it is debatable whether it can be considered finished. Twain explores these ideas through the use of 'Duplicates', copies of the print shop workers made by No. This version also introduces an idea Twain was toying with at the end of his life involving a duality of the 'self', composed of the 'Waking Self' and the 'Dream Self'.

44's mysterious appearance at the door of a print shop and his use of heavenly powers to expose the futility of mankind's existence. 44, the Mysterious Stranger: Being an Ancient Tale Found in a Jug and Freely Translated from the Jug, also known as the 'Print Shop' version, returns to Austria, this time in the year 1490, not long after the invention of printing. Petersburg Fragment', set it in the fictional town of St. Twain began writing it in November 1898 and, like the 'St. It is set in the US and involves the familiar characters Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer and their adventures with Satan, referred to in this version as 'No. The second substantial text Twain attempted to write is known as Schoolhouse Hill (or 'Hannibal') version. 'Eseldorf' is German for ' Assville' or 'Donkeytown'. Twain wrote this version between November 1897 and September 1900. The first substantial version is entitled The Chronicle of Young Satan (also referred to as 'Eseldorf' version) and relates the adventures of Satan, the sinless nephew of the biblical Satan, in Eseldorf, an Austrian village in the year 1702. Petersburg, and used the text for The Chronicle of Young Satan. Twain then revised this version, removing references to St. Petersburg, a name Twain often used for Hannibal, Missouri. 44, the Mysterious Stranger 65,000 words. The three stories differ in length: The Chronicle of Young Satan has about 55,000 words, Schoolhouse Hill 15,300 words and No. All the versions remained unfinished (with the exception of the last one, No. Twain wrote multiple versions of the story each involves a supernatural character called 'Satan' or 'No.

He worked on it intermittently from 1897 through 1908. The Mysterious Stranger is a novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain.

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