The Stolen White Elephant, Etc. By: Mark Twain
The Stolen White Elephant, Etc. By: Mark Twain

Author: Mark Twain

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-02

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9781542871280

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"The Stolen White Elephant" is a short story written by Mark Twain and published in 1882 by James R. Osgood. In this detective mystery, a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local police department goes into high gear to solve the mystery but it all comes to a tragic end. The main characters of the story include: Mark Twain, who functions as the initial speaker and author of the story. An elderly gentleman, an Englishman in the British civil service in India, who told the story to Twain during a train ride and is in charge of transporting the white elephant. Chief Inspector Blunt, a detective who is in charge of finding the lost elephant; he first receives the report of the elephant's disappearance. "Hassan Ben Ali Ben Selim Abdallah Mohammed Moise Alhammal Jamsetjejeebhoy Dhuleep Sultan Ebu Bhudpoor" or "Jumbo," the white elephant Alaric, a young worker at the detectives' office. Captain Burns, another employee of the detectives' office; he is in charge of carrying out Inspector Blunt's orders. The Queen of England plays a non-speaking role. The King of Siam plays a non-speaking role. Also, a number of other detectives, servants and civilians play minor roles in the story.

The Stolen White Elephant, Etc
The Stolen White Elephant, Etc

Author: Mark Twain

Publisher: Musson Book ; Colchester, Eng. ; London ; Eton, Eng. : Ballantyne Press, Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Company

Published: 1882

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13:

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The Stolen White Elephant Etc (Classic Reprint)
The Stolen White Elephant Etc (Classic Reprint)

Author: Mark Twain

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-14

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780332812830

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Excerpt from The Stolen White Elephant Etc Relieved the King of Siam, and partly as a token of gratitude, but partly also, perhaps, to wipe out any little remaining vestige of unpleasantness which England might feel toward him, he wished to send the Queen 3. Present - the sole sure way Of propitiating an enemy, according to Oriental ideas. This present ought not only to be a royal one, but trans cendently royal. Wherefore, what Offering could be so meet as that of a white elephant? My position in the Indian civil service was such that I was deemed peculiarly worthy the honour of conveying the present to Her Majesty. A ship was fitted out for me and my servants and the officers and attendants Of the elephant, and in due time I arrived in New York harbour and placed my royal charge in admirable quarters in Jersey City. It was necessary to remain awhile in order to recruit the animal's health before resuming the voyage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.