Ordeal of Mark Twain
Van Wyck Brooks
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Length 12 h 54 min
Chapters 22
First published 1920
This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attributes Clemens' increasing sense of pessimism to the repression of his creative spirit due largely to his mother and his wife. (Summary by Wikipedia and Lucretia B)
Chapters
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01 - Chapter I - Introductory: Mark Twain's Despair, Part 1 Read by Lucretia B. 31:26
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02 - Chapter I - Introductory: Mark Twain's Despair, Part 2 Read by Lucretia B. 36:25
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03 - Chapter II - The Candidate for Life, Part 1 Read by Lucretia B. 32:20
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04 - Chapter II - The Candidate for Life, Part 2 Read by Lucretia B. 38:58
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05 - Chapter III - The Gilded Age, Part 1 Read by Lucretia B. 31:16
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06 - Chapter III - The Gilded Age, Part 2 Read by Lucretia B. 30:44
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07 - Chapter IV - In the Crucible, Part 1 Read by Lucretia B. 39:37
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08 - Chapter IV - In the Crucible, Part 2 Read by Lucretia B. 39:23
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09 - Chapter V - The Candidate for Gentility, Part 1 Read by Lucretia B. 38:27
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10 - Chapter V - The Candidate for Gentility, Part 2 Read by Lucretia B. 42:42
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11 - Chapter VI - Everybody's Neighbor, Part 1 Read by Lucretia B. 29:04
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12 - Chapter VI - Everybody's Neighbor, Part 2 Read by Lucretia B. 30:16
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13 - Chapter VII - The Playboy in Letters, Part 1 Read by Lucretia B. 43:03
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14 - Chapter VII - The Playboy in Letters, Part 2 Read by Lucretia B. 44:06
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15 - Chapter VIII - Those Extraordinary Twins, Part 1 Read by Lucretia B. 29:49
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16 - Chapter VIII - Those Extraordinary Twins, Part 2 Read by Lucretia B. 28:50
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17 - Chapter IX - Mark Twain's Humor, Part 1 Read by Lucretia B. 32:27
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18 - Chapter IX - Mark Twain's Humor, Part 2 Read by Lucretia B. 33:24
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19 - Chapter X - Let Somebody Else Begin, Part 1 Read by Lucretia B. 38:21
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20 - Chapter X - Let Somebody Else Begin, Part 2 Read by Lucretia B. 37:56
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21 - Chapter XI - Mustered Out, Part 1 Read by Lucretia B. 32:42
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22 - Chapter XI - Mustered Out, Part 2 Read by Lucretia B. 33:02
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