The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

A dark satire of small-town virtue from America's great humorist and social commentator

Honest and incorruptible - such was the proudclaim of the village of Handleyburg, or at least until one mysterious stranger springs an irresistible trap on the pious townspeople and their so-called democratic virtues. Mark Twains's Tales, Speeches, Essays and Sketches and Short Stories are published in Penguin Classics