The Mysterious Stranger

About “The Mysterious Stranger”

The Mysterious Stranger is a novella by Mark Twain, written between 1897 and 1908. The work went through multiple versions, all featuring a supernatural character known as "Satan" or "No. 44." In one version, the character interacts with children, including Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, characters from Twain’s earlier works. The story was never completed in its final form and remained unfinished at the time of Twain’s death. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)