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Wanted: A mysterious short novel with just seven lines, apparently written by Mark Twain.

I encountered a supposedly translated version (Chinese) of the work, and I tried to look for the original. But the strange thing is that none of the relevant keywords lead me to anywhere, and I've only been able to see more of the same translation by looking up the translated title. I've even dug into Mark Twain's bibliography and still, I couldn't find anything that comes close.

I'm beginning to doubt if it's even real or if it's just some Chinese writer using Mark Twain's name to get their admittedly decent short novel out there.

Here's one of the "sources" of the translated text:

https://kknews.cc/history/b49nx5o.html

It pointed to a collection of short novels (written in / translated into Chinese) published decades ago in China. Apparently this short novel even found its way into the textbooks of some Chinese schools.

The translated title, untranslated, roughly means "The Last Page of a Husband's Account Book" and its general summary is that a husband's cheating on his wife while buying expensive clothes to blind his wife and mother-in-law, and the plot is given through the list of expenses.

Another key info is probably that this "novel" was apparently published and Mark Twain got paid for it as if he had written a full-length novel, according to the same sources I've found.
 

I'd really appreciate it if someone knowledged in the writer's works could help me confirm if this short novel actually exists.