Autobiography of Mark Twain

This third and final volume crowns and completes his life's work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherever his fancy leads. The Autobiography's "Closing Words" movingly commemorate his daughter Jean, who died on Christmas Eve 1909. Also included in this volume is the previously unpublished "Ashcroft-Lyon Manuscript," Mark Twain's caustic indictment of his "putrescent pair" of secretaries and the havoc that erupted in his house during their residency. Fitfully published in fragments at intervals throughout the twentieth century, Autobiography of Mark Twain has now been critically reconstructed and made available as it was intended to be read. Fully annotated by the editors of the Mark Twain Project, the complete Autobiography emerges as a landmark publication in American literature.

About the author

Mark Twain, geb. am 30.11.1835 in Florida (Missouri). Sein eigentlicher Name ist Samuel Longhorne Clemens. Der Vater starb 1847 und Twain musste im Alter von zwölf Jahren die Schule abbrechen und begann eine Lehre als Schriftsetzer. Mit 17 Jahren ging er nach New York, dann nach Philadelphia, wo er die ersten Reiseskizzen schrieb. Von 1857-60 war er Lotse auf dem Mississippi, nahm am Sezessionskrieg auf der Seite der Konföderierten teil und war 1861 Silbersucher in Nevada. 1864 lebte er in San Francisco, 1866 als Reporter auf Hawaii und 1867 als Reisender in Europa und Palästina. Er gründete einen Verlag, musste aber 1894 Konkurs anmelden und ging auf Weltreise, um mit Vorträgen seine Schulden abzutragen. Mark Twain starb am 21.4.1910 in Redding (Connecticut).

Summary

Chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherever his fancy leads. This book deals with his life and work.

Additional text

"Reading the autobiography is like sitting in a room with Mark Twain and listening to him talking about whatever happens to come into his mind. As such, it is truly fascinating."

Product details

• Authors: Mark Twain
• Assisted by: Victor Fischer (Editor), Fischer Victor (Editor), Michael B. Frank (Editor), Michael Barry Frank (Editor), Amanda Gagel (Editor), Gagel Amanda (Editor), Sharon K. Goetz (Editor), Goetz Sharon K. (Editor), Benjamin Griffin (Editor), Griffin Benjamin (Editor), Leslie Diane Myrick (Editor), Myrick Leslie Diane (Editor), Christopher M. Ohge (Editor), Ohge Christopher M. (Editor), Harriet E. Smith (Editor), Smith Harriet E. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780520279940
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27994-0
• No. of pages: 792
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 260 mm x 60 mm
• Series: Mark Twain Papers; Mark Twain Papers; Mark Twain Papers (CAUP)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Autobiography: literary, Autobiography: writers