Autobiography of Mark Twain The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1

Mark Twain, Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael Barry Frank

eBook - 2010

Mark Twain's final and uncensored masterpiece, presented in three volumes, is a landmark publication in American literature."Twain will begin to seem strange again, alluring and still astonishing . . . in ways that still resonate with us."—New York Times "A pointillist masterpiece from which his vision of America—half paradise, half swindle—emerges with indelible force."—Publishers Weekly "His crystalline humor and expansive range are a continuous source of delight and awe."—Los Angeles Times Book Review "I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away—to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dicta...ting your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion—to "talk only about the...

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Published
University of California Press
Language
English
Main Authors
Mark Twain, Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael Barry Frank
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB00413QAFG
Release Date10/16/2010
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780520946996
Release Date10/16/2010