Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III

Albert Bigelow Paine

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Length

24 h 13 min

Chapters

114

Language

English

Genre

Biography & Autobiography

First published

1912

Chapters

1. 1 VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907 CCXII. THE RETURN OF THE CONQUERORRead by John Greenman 21:53
2. 2 CCXIII. MARK TWAIN—GENERAL SPOKESMANRead by John Greenman 16:09
3. 3 CCXIV. MARK TWAIN AND THE MISSIONARIESRead by John Greenman 25:24
4. 4 CCXV. SUMMER AT “THE LAIR”Read by John Greenman 17:11
5. 5 CCXVI. RIVERDALE—A YALE DEGREERead by John Greenman 7:45
6. 6 CCXVII. MARK TWAIN IN POLITICSRead by John Greenman 9:08
7. 7 CCXVIII. NEW INTERESTS AND INVESTMENTSRead by John Greenman 17:02
8. 8 CCXIX. YACHTING AND THEOLOGYRead by John Greenman 22:21
9. 9 CCXX. MARK TWAIN AND THE PHILIPPINESRead by John Greenman 5:36
10. 10 CCXXI. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVERead by John Greenman 13:35
11. 11 CCXXII. A PROPHET HONORED IN HIS COUNTRYRead by John Greenman 8:02
12. 12 CCXXIII. AT YORK HARBORRead by John Greenman 13:01
13. 13 CCXXIV. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY DINNERRead by John Greenman 11:49
14. 14 CCXXV. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CONTROVERSIESRead by John Greenman 5:46
15. 15 CCXXVI. "WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?”Read by John Greenman 13:34
16. 16 CCXXVII. THE SECOND RIVERDALE WINTERRead by John Greenman 19:09
17. 17 CCXXVIII. PROFFERED HONORSRead by John Greenman 10:07
18. 18 CCXXXIX. THE LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRARead by John Greenman 10:06
19. 19 CCXXX. THE RETURN TO FLORENCERead by John Greenman 18:09
20. 20 CCXXXI. THE CLOSE OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFERead by John Greenman 9:07
21. 21 CCXXXII. THE SAD JOURNEY HOMERead by John Greenman 10:42
22. 22 CCXXXIII. BEGINNING ANOTHER HOMERead by John Greenman 7:31
23. 23 CCXXXIV. LIFE AT 21 FIFTH AVENUERead by John Greenman 26:56
24. 24 CCXXXV. A SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRERead by John Greenman 29:37
25. 25 CCXXXVI. AT PIER 70Read by John Greenman 10:40
26. 26 CCXXXVII. AFTERMATHRead by John Greenman 10:47
27. 27 CCXXXVIII. THE WRITER MEETS MARK TWAINRead by John Greenman 18:30
28. 28 CCXXXIX. WORKING WITH MARK TWAINRead by John Greenman 14:11
29. 29 CCXL. THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMANRead by John Greenman 20:20
30. 30 CCXLI. GORKY, HOWELLS, AND MARK TWAINRead by John Greenman 18:46
31. 31 CCXLII. MARK TWAIN’S GOOD-BY TO THE PLATFORMRead by John Greenman 6:46
32. 32 CCXLIII. AN INVESTMENT IN REDDINGRead by John Greenman 8:24
33. 33 CCXLIV. TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHIESRead by John Greenman 10:38
34. 34 CCXLV. IN THE DAY’S ROUNDRead by John Greenman 19:32
35. 35 CCXLVI. THE SECOND SUMMER AT DUBLINRead by John Greenman 19:56
36. 36 CCXLVII. DUBLIN, CONTINUEDRead by John Greenman 14:48
37. 37 CCXLVIII. "WHAT IS MAN?” AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHYRead by John Greenman 6:23
38. 38 CCXLIX. BILLIARDSRead by John Greenman 21:07
39. 39 CCL. PHILOSOPHY AND PESSIMISMRead by John Greenman 13:14
40. 40 CCLI. A LOBBYING EXPEDITIONRead by John Greenman 28:51
41. 41 CCLII. THEOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONRead by John Greenman 39:32
42. 42 CCLIII. AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLERRead by John Greenman 3:19
43. 43 CCLIV. BILLIARD-ROOM NOTESRead by John Greenman 11:39
44. 44 CCLV. FURTHER PERSONALITIESRead by John Greenman 9:20
45. 45 VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910 - CCLVI. HONORS FROM OXFORDRead by John Greenman 8:48
46. 46 CCLVII. A TRUE ENGLISH WELCOMERead by John Greenman 32:27
47. 47 CCLVIII. DOCTOR OF LITERATURE, OXFORDRead by John Greenman 10:28
48. 48 CCLIX. LONDON SOCIAL HONORSRead by John Greenman 22:13
49. 49 CCLX. MATTERS PSYCHIC AND OTHERWISERead by John Greenman 12:25
50. 50 CCLXI. MINOR EVENTS AND DIVERSIONSRead by John Greenman 14:48
51. 51 CCLXII. FROM MARK TWAIN’s MAIL.Read by John Greenman 17:34
52. 52 CCLXIII. SOME LITERARY LUNCHEONSRead by John Greenman 10:11
53. 53 CCLXIV. "CAPTAIN STORMFIELD” IN PRINTRead by John Greenman 5:10
54. 54 CCLXV. LOTOS CLUB HONORSRead by John Greenman 4:51
55. 55 CCLXVI. A WINTER IN BERMUDARead by John Greenman 21:42
56. 56 CCLXVII. VIEWS AND ADDRESSESRead by John Greenman 10:06
57. 57 CCLXVIII. REDDINGRead by John Greenman 12:43
58. 58 CCLXIX. FIRST DAYS AT STORMFIELDRead by John Greenman 6:56
59. 59 CCLXX. THE ALDRICH MEMORIALRead by John Greenman 6:16
60. 60 CCLXXI. DEATH OF “SAM” MOFFETTRead by John Greenman 5:21
61. 61 CCLXXII. STORMFIELD ADVENTURESRead by John Greenman 8:25
62. 62 CCLXXIII. STORMFIELD PHILOSOPHIESRead by John Greenman 16:03
63. 63 CCLXXIV. CITIZEN AND FARMERRead by John Greenman 10:22
64. 64 CCLXXV. A MANTEL AND A BABY ELEPHANTRead by John Greenman 9:04
65. 65 CCLXXVI. SHAKESPEARE-BACON TALKRead by John Greenman 12:02
66. 66 CCLXXVII. "IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?”Read by John Greenman 14:02
67. 67 CCLXXVIII. THE DEATH OF HENRY ROGERSRead by John Greenman 8:31
68. 68 CCLXXIX. AN EXTENSION OF COPYRIGHTRead by John Greenman 6:54
69. 69 CCLXXX. A WARNINGRead by John Greenman 16:29
70. 70 CCLXXXI. THE LAST SUMMER AT STORMFIELDRead by John Greenman 6:19
71. 71 CCLXXXII. PERSONAL MEMORANDARead by John Greenman 26:29
72. 72 CCLXXXIII. ASTRONOMY AND DREAMSRead by John Greenman 14:33
73. 73 CCLXXXIV. A LIBRARY CONCERTRead by John Greenman 5:27
74. 74 CCLXXXV. A WEDDING AT STORMFIELDRead by John Greenman 5:13
75. 75 CCLXXXVI. AUTUMN DAYSRead by John Greenman 24:34
76. 76 CCLXXXVII. MARK TWAIN’S READINGRead by John Greenman 11:26
77. 77 CCLXXXVIII. A BERMUDA BIRTHDAYRead by John Greenman 13:26
78. 78 CCLXXXIX. THE DEATH OF JEANRead by John Greenman 19:00
79. 79 CCXC. THE RETURN TO BERMUDARead by John Greenman 6:07
80. 80 CCXCI. LETTERS FROM BERMUDARead by John Greenman 15:24
81. 81 CCXCII. THE VOYAGE HOMERead by John Greenman 24:28
82. 82 CCXCIII. THE RETURN TO THE INVISIBLERead by John Greenman 7:59
83. 83 CCXCIV. THE LAST RITESRead by John Greenman 4:17
84. 84 CCXCV. MARK TWAIN’S RELIGIONRead by John Greenman 15:08
85. 85 CCXCVI. POSTSCRIPTRead by John Greenman 2:58
86. 86 Volume III - APPENDIXES - APPENDIX A - LETTER FROM ORION CLEMENS TO MISS WOOD CONCERNING HENRY CLEMENS (See Chapter xxvi)Read by John Greenman 5:06
87. 87 APPENDIX B - MARK TWAIN’S BURLESQUE OF CAPTAIN ISAIAH SELLERS (See Chapter xxvii)Read by John Greenman 9:16
88. 88 APPENDIX C - I. MARK TWAIN’S EMPIRE CITY HOAX - II. NEWS-GATHERING WITH MARK TWAIN (See Chapter xli)Read by John Greenman 8:41
89. 89 APPENDIX D - FROM MARK TWAIN’S FIRST LECTURE, DELIVERED OCTOBER 2, 1866 - HAWAIIAN IMPORTANCE TO AMERICA - NATIVE PASSION FOR FUNERALS - VIEW FROM HALEAKALA - NOTICE OF MARK TWAIN’S LECTURE - “THE TROUBLE IS OVER” (See Chapter liv)Read by John Greenman 13:13
90. 90 APPENDIX E - FROM “THE JUMPING FROG” BOOK (MARK TWAIN’S FIRST PUBLISHED VOLUME - I. ADVERTISEMENT - II. FROM ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS - III. FROM “A STRANGE DREAM” (Example of Mark Twain’s Early Descriptive Writing) (See Chapters lviii and lix)Read by John Greenman 11:13
91. 91 APPENDIX F - THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (See Chapter lx)Read by John Greenman 2:42
92. 92 APPENDIX G - MARK TWAIN AT THE CORRESPONDENTS CLUB, WASHINGTON (See Chapter lxiii)Read by John Greenman 7:12
93. 93 APPENDIX H - ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LECTURE OF JULY 2, 1868 (See Chapter lxvi)Read by John Greenman 8:36
94. 94 APPENDIX I - MARK TWAIN’S CHAMPIONSHIP OF THOMAS K. BEECHER (See Chapter lxxiv)Read by John Greenman 16:13
95. 95 APPENDIX J - THE INDIGNITY PUT UPON THE REMAINS OF GEORGE HOLLAND BY THE REV. MR. SABINE. (See Chapter lxxvii)Read by John Greenman 16:31
96. 96 APPENDIX K - A SUBSTITUTE FOR RULOFF - HAVE WE A SIDNEY CARTON AMONG US? (See Chapter lxxxii)Read by John Greenman 7:15
97. 97 APPENDIX L - ABOUT LONDON - ADDRESS AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE SAVAGE CLUB, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1872. (See Chapter lxxxvii)Read by John Greenman 12:10
98. 98 APPENDIX M - LETTER WRITTEN TO MRS. CLEMENS FROM BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1874, PROPHESYING A MONARCHY IN SIXTY-ONE YEARS. (See Chapter xcvii)Read by John Greenman 13:55
99. 99 APPENDIX N - MARK TWAIN AND COPYRIGHT - I. PETITION Concerning Copyright (1875) - CIRCULAR TO AMERICAN AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS - II. Communications supposed to have been written by the Tsar of Russia and the Sultan of Turkey to Mark Twain on the subject of International Copyright, about 1890. - III. MARK TWAIN’S LAST SUGGESTION ON COPYRIGHT. (See Chapter cii)Read by John Greenman 19:31
100. 100 APPENDIX O - Speech on John Greenleaf Whittier's birthday (See Chapter cxiv)Read by John Greenman 14:07
101. 101 APPENDIX P - THE ADAM MONUMENT PETITION (See Chapter cxxxiv)Read by John Greenman 4:19
102. 102 APPENDIX Q- GENERAL GRANT’S GRAMMAR (Written in 1886. Delivered at an Army and Navy Club dinner in New York City)Read by John Greenman 8:00
103. 103 APPENDIX R - PARTY ALLEGIANCE. BEING A PORTION OF A PAPER ON “CONSISTENCY,” READ BEFORE THE MONDAY EVENING CLUB IN 1887. (See Chapter clxiii)Read by John Greenman 12:47
104. 104 APPENDIX S - ORIGINAL PREFACE FOR “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT” (See Chapter clxxii)Read by John Greenman 5:08
105. 105 APPENDIX T - A TRIBUTE TO HENRY H. ROGERS (See Chapter cc and earlier)Read by John Greenman 9:00
106. 106 APPENDIX U - FROM MARK TWAIN’S LAST POEM BEGUN AT RIVERDALE, NEW YORK. FINISHED AT YORK HARBOR, MAINE, AUGUST 18, 1902 (See Chapter ccxxiii)Read by John Greenman 6:25
107. 107 APPENDIX V - SELECTIONS FROM AN UNFINISHED BOOK, “3,000 YEARS AMONG THE MICROBES” THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MICROBE, WHO, IN A FORMER EXISTENCE, HAD BEEN A MAN—HIS PRESENT HABITAT BEING THE ORGANISM OF A TRAMP, BLITZOWSKI. (WRITTEN AT DUBLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1905) (See Chapter ccxxxv)Read by John Greenman 31:59
108. 108 APPENDIX W - LITTLE BESSIE WOULD ASSIST PROVIDENCE (See Chapter cclxxxii)Read by John Greenman 8:18
109. 109 APPENDIX X - Part One - A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1851-1859Read by John Greenman 3:22
110. 110 APPENDIX X - Part Two - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1860 to 1869Read by John Greenman 5:43
111. 111 APPENDIX X - Part Three - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1870 to 1879Read by John Greenman 7:04
112. 112 APPENDIX X - Part Four - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1880 to 1889Read by John Greenman 5:42
113. 113 APPENDIX X - Part Five - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1890 to 1899Read by John Greenman 8:19
114. 114 APPENDIX X - Part Six - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1900 to 1910Read by John Greenman 8:06

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