This collection compiles Twain’s short stories that are concerned with political and moral questions. “Twain’s Political Fiction” begins with questions of morality applied precisely to the issue of truth and ends with lessons in moral virtue. The middle units consider the application of morality to political issues such as science, utopian visions for society, or praise and blame of citizens within civil society. Ultimately, these stories present Twain’s politics by introducing the reader to his understanding of morality and how morality applies to politics.