title: The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg (The Art of the Novella)
author:  Mark Twain 
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  # THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG
  
  
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  _The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg_  
  
  
  _And Other Stories_  
  
  
  First published in 1900  
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-62012-138-2  
  
  
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  # Contents
  
  
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  _[The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg](1122_split_003.html#toc0)_  
  
  
  _[My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It](1122_split_004.html#toc1)_  
  
  
  _[The Esquimaux Maiden's Romance](1122_split_005.html#toc2)_  
  
  
  _[Christian Science and