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Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1, Part 1
This is Part 1 of a 2 part audiobook Cassette edition of Volume 1. The year 2010 marks the one hundredth anniversary of Twain's death.
In celebration of this important milestone, here, finally, is Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography, only now free to be published in its entirety. After dozens of false starts, at last Twain embarked on his final plan for telling the story ...more
In celebration of this important milestone, here, finally, is Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography, only now free to be published in its entirety. After dozens of false starts, at last Twain embarked on his final plan for telling the story ...more
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Published
November 15th 2010
by Blackstone Audiobooks
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I tried skipping through this to get to the autobiography. I kept running into an amazingly boring & repetitive account of HOW this was written, who published what before, & why. Never did find the actual autobiography. Finally got frustrated & quit after 1.5 or 2 hours.
Not what I was hoping for at all. I expected Twain to be interesting. This wasn't, but then it wasn't Twain's writing, just some boring guy talking about Twain's writing. Worse, this is just 1 of 3 volumes. I can't t ...more
Not what I was hoping for at all. I expected Twain to be interesting. This wasn't, but then it wasn't Twain's writing, just some boring guy talking about Twain's writing. Worse, this is just 1 of 3 volumes. I can't t ...more
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odd book, but really moving in places. So much of it is aggregated around Twain's reading of his late daughter's autobiography of him, written when she was 13, with his comments about and digressions from that text. Strangely modern in its rambling. Not really an autobiography, however, any more than a slide show from a cross-country road trip is a map of the US.
Mark Twain just may be the funniest guy that ever lived. He's mostly known for Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, but those are probably my least favorite of his writings. Imagine what you could say about your life, if you knew no one would see what you wrote, until everyone in the book was dead. You wouldn't have to run the risk of getting sued or offending anyone. You could just have your say and be done with it. Now imagine that you could say it with that unique turn of phrase perfected by Mark Twain.
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Mark Twain is a genius. This book is just a little more proof. Twain's ability to add a clever remark about any situation is easily viewed here, as in other works. He also shows how little times have changed: his railing about media coverage of inconsequential events fits as well today as it did 100 years ago. It may not be the best way to see Twain's genius, but it's still a good way to enjoy it.
Though very long and at times rambling (the complete autobiography is three volumes of over 750 pages each) this collection of autobiographical material by Samuel L. Clemens is, in the main, delightful. It reflects the personality of the humorist we have come to know and love, while expanding into deeper sides of his life and thought. The insights into General Grant, which Clemens understandably did not want published for at least 100 years, are themselves worth the read. Based on those recollec
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Uniquely presented, this autobiography is presented in a manner that makes it seem like a person is listening to the author present his various thoughts aside a camp fire about anything and everything. This manner of presentation is terrific, particularly because his life and acquaintances are very interesting and made all the better with his thoughts about the various parts of life. The introduction can be cumbersome, but it's inclusion makes sense and adds to the effect.
I really loved this book. It seemed to jump around all over the place and included many original letters, quotes anecdotes etc etc, but it was all delivered with the infamous twain sense of humor that made it all come to life. It gives you a real taste of that time period as it describes so much of the day-to-day, rather mundane, issues of life that would probably bore you to death if it wasn't filtered through the wonderful brain of Mark Twain.
Prior to reading this work, I had some familiarity with Mark Twain's life. But the personally dictated musings of a man in his autumn years, paints a more complete picture of this publicly entertaining man who faced a considerable amount of sorrow in his late years.
I got this as a book on CD and listened to it where ever I went. It was funny, and as insightful as He wanted it to be.
I love the idea of delivering your life story from the grave. Mark Twain has a brilliantly dry sense of humor when at his best, but about half of this volume rambles on about completely insignificant events. I hear all the good stuff is in part 2, so I'm still looking forward to finishing it.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
, better known by his pen name
Mark Twain
, was an American author and humorist. He is noted for his novels
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1885), called "the Great American Novel", and
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(1876).
Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer . He apprenticed with a printer. He also work ...more
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Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer . He apprenticed with a printer. He also work ...more
