Mark Twain's Autobiography: With An Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine - Volume I
Mark Twain
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Length 13 h 8 min
Chapters 38
First published 1924
While the Mark Twain Project has created and released a three-volume Mark Twain autobiography with extensive annotations, in the 21st century, this two-volume autobiography was published in 1924 and contains many works never before released. It came 14 years after Twain's death and so, "speaking from the grave", he felt he could be "as frank and free and unembarrassed as a love letter". The autobiographical chapters that he published years earlier in the North American Review, were selected more for their acceptability and potential popularity than for their completely true reflection of his inner thoughts. With the publication of Mark Twain's Autobiography in 1924, the world was introduced to a much more frank and less restrained Twain than had heretofore been seen or heard. This partial Autobiography, in two volumes, consisting of about two-fifths of his known material, was compiled by a personal friend and literary executor Albert Bigelow Paine, who at the time had exclusive access to Twain's papers. - Summary by John Greenman and Wikipedia
Chapters
1
INTRODUCTION BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE & PREFACE BY MARK TWAIN Read by John Greenman 17:38
2
EARLY YEARS IN FLORIDA, MISSOURI (Written in 1877) Read by John Greenman 8:33
3
THE GRANT DICTATIONS--1885--THE CHICAGO G. A. R. FESTIVAL Read by John Greenman 16:08
4
GRANT AND THE CHINESE (Dictated in 1885) Read by John Greenman 9:05
5
A CALL WITH W. D. HOWELLS ON GENERAL GRANT (Dictated in 1885) Read by John Greenman 7:33
6
ABOUT GENERAL GRANT'S "MEMOIRS" (Dictated in 1885) Read by John Greenman 1:01:52
7
GERHARDT AND THE GRANT BUST (Dictated in 1885) Read by John Greenman 23:07
8
THE REVEREND DOCTOR N---- VISITS GENERAL GRANT (Dictated 1885) Read by John Greenman 4:34
9
THE MACHINE EPISODE (Written in the closing days of 1890) Read by John Greenman 19:21
10
CHAPTERS BEGUN IN VIENNA - EARLY DAYS (Written 1897-8) Read by John Greenman 1:09:33
11
JANE LAMPTON CLEMENS Read by John Greenman 24:10
12
PLAYING "BEAR"--HERRINGS--JIM WOLF AND THE CATS (Written about 1898) Read by John Greenman 41:56
13
MACFARLANE (Written about 1898) Read by John Greenman 8:33
14
OLD LECTURE DAYS IN BOSTON - Nasby, and others of Redpath's Lecture Bureau (Written in 1898) Read by John Greenman 15:22
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RALPH KEELER (Written about 1898) Read by John Greenman 23:59
16
BEAUTIES OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE (Written in 1898. Vienna) Read by John Greenman 4:29
17
A VIENNESE PROCESSION (Written Sunday, June 26, 1898. Kaltenleutgeben) Read by John Greenman 13:19
18
COMMENT ON TAUTOLOGY AND GRAMMAR (Written 1898. Vienna) Read by John Greenman 6:48
19
PRIVATE HISTORY OF A MS. THAT CAME TO GRIEF (Written in 1900) and THE LETTER and NOTES Read by John Greenman 34:58
20
CHAPTERS ADDED IN FLORENCE (1904) - AUTHOR'S NOTE Read by John Greenman 1:47
21
VILLA QUARTO (Florence, January, 1904) Read by John Greenman 33:03
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VILLA QUARTO (Continued) Read by John Greenman 50:33
23
A MEMORY OF JOHN HAY Read by John Greenman 14:12
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NOTES ON "INNOCENTS ABROAD" (Florence, April, 1904) Read by John Greenman 19:52
25
STEVENSON, ALDRICH, ETC. (Florence, April, 1904) Read by John Greenman 9:05
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HENRY H. ROGERS (Florence, April, 1904) Read by John Greenman 13:08
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HENRY H. ROGERS (Continued) Added in 1909 Read by John Greenman 20:28
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INTERVAL OF TWO YEARS-January 9, 1906-MR. CLEMENS (to Mr. Paine): Read by John Greenman 20:38
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New York, January 10, 1906 Read by John Greenman 29:09
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New York, January 12, 1906 Read by John Greenman 28:11
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New York, January 13, 1906 Read by John Greenman 19:26
32
New York, January 15, 1906 Read by John Greenman 13:30
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MRS MORRIS'S ILLNESS TAKES A SERIOUS TURN - A DISCUSSION IN THE CASE Read by John Greenman 15:50
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New York, January 15th (continued) Dictated on January 16th Read by John Greenman 18:52
35
VETERAN ACTOR DEAD - JOHN MALONE WAS HISTORIAN OF THE PLAYERS' CLUB Read by John Greenman 2:38
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ABOUT GENERAL SICKLES - New York (January l6th, continued, dictated Wednesday, January 17th) Read by John Greenman 20:51
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New York, Thursday, January 18, 1906 Read by John Greenman 12:21
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ABOUT DUELING - New York, Friday, January 19, 1906 Read by John Greenman 24:39
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