LUCK BY MARK TWAIN -
FULL UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK
SHORT STORY -
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LUCK by Mark Twain - full unabridged audiobook short story - Fab Audio
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"Luck" is an 1886 short story by Mark Twain which was first
published in 1891 in Harper's Magazine. It was subsequently reprinted in 1892
in the anthology Merry Tales; the first British publication was in 1900, in the
collection The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg.
The story concerns a decorated English military hero, Lord Arthur
Scoresby, a total idiot who triumphs in life through good luck. At the time of
the Crimean War Scoresby is a captain. Despite his complete incompetence,
everyone misinterprets his performance, taking his blunders for military
genius, and his reputation is enhanced with every false step he makes. At the
climax of the story, Scoresby mistakes his right hand for his left and leads a
charge in the wrong direction, surprising a Russian force which panics and
causes a retreat of the Russian army, thus securing an Allied victory.
Another interpretation of the story is that the Reverend is simply
jealous of the successes Scoresby has achieved. The Reverend, in the past, was
an instructor at a military academy, where he taught a young Scoresby.
According to the Reverend, Scoresby was a poor student, and
"blundered" his way through promotions. When the war began, the
Reverend joined the conflict, but with a lower rank of his ex-student. Throughout
the story one can see that the Reverend is bitter, and his apparent distaste
for the lord seems at odds with his role as a clergyman. The "absolute
fool" in the story is not Scoresby, who ascended the ranks of the military
through action, but rather the Reverend, who cannot accomplish anything in his
lifetime.
(Wikipedia)
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