Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 1997-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 656 Twain, Mark 1835 1910 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_from_Captain_Stormfield%27s_Visit_to_Heaven Transcribed by David Price "Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" by Mark Twain is a satirical fantasy written during the early 20th century. This work is an imaginative exploration of the afterlife, presented as a reflective journey of its protagonist, Captain Eli Stormfield, who navigates his way through the peculiarities of Heaven after his death. The narrative captures Twain's characteristic wit and humor as it engages with themes of identity and the peculiar nature of existence beyond life, ultimately portraying a vision of Heaven that is both absurd and profound. In the story, Captain Stormfield recounts the peculiar experiences he undergoes upon arriving in Heaven, where he encounters a bureaucratic and somewhat chaotic system attempting to organize the souls who have passed on. Through humorous exchanges with the clerks and other souls, he grapples with questions of identity, belonging, and the nature of happiness. As he navigates the various customs and practices of Heaven, including receiving divine gifts and finding his place among other residents, Stormfield's journey serves as a commentary on the human condition and the absurdities of life and death. Ultimately, the captain learns that Heaven, with all its wonders and ceremonies, is not quite the idealistic place he had envisioned, emphasizing that happiness might stem more from meaningful engagements and companionship rather than ceremonial traditions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/1044/1044-h/images/covers.jpg Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Satire Voyages, Imaginary Ship captains -- Fiction Religious fiction Heaven -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 116547 2025-08-01T08:21:08.465378 text/html 117151 2013-02-14T14:26:24 text/html 478341 2013-02-14T14:30:00 text/html application/zip 485779 2025-08-01T08:21:11.049369 application/epub+zip 484762 2025-08-01T08:21:09.044476 application/epub+zip 71565 2025-08-01T08:21:08.767428 application/epub+zip 532897 2025-08-01T08:21:12.726372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 519934 2025-08-01T08:21:10.683394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108943 2022-09-01T09:22:49.109054 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105803 2025-08-01T08:21:08.143392 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105577 2013-02-14T14:25:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 40044 2013-02-14T14:30:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20286 2025-08-01T08:21:12.857359 application/rdf+xml 21345 2025-08-01T08:21:08.828395 image/jpeg 3527 2025-08-01T08:21:08.798381 image/jpeg 480633 2025-08-01T08:21:08.494398 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia