| Edition |
Complete and authoritative ed. |
| Description |
3 volumes : ǂb illustrations ; ǂc 26 cm. |
| Series |
The Mark Twain papers |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Mark Twain papers.
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| Note |
"A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. |
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"I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion, to "talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment", meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be "dead, and unaware, and indifferent," and that he was therefore free to speak his "whole frank mind." The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone this is Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left it. It is told over three volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. -- From Publisher. |
| Awards |
Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2010. |
| Contents |
v.1. Preliminary manuscripts and dictations, 1870-1905 -- Autobiography of Mark Twain -- Explanatory notes -- Appendixes: Samuel L. Clemens, a brief chronology ; Family biographies ; Speech at the seventieth birthday dinner, 5 December 1905 ; Speech at the Players, 3 January 1906 ; Previous publication -- v. 2. Autobiographical dictations, April-December 1906 -- Autobiographical dictations, January-February 1907 -- Explanatory notes -- Appendixes: Samuel L. Clemens, a brief chronology ; Family biographies ; Previous publication -- v. 3. The Ashcroft-Lyon manuscript -- Explanatory notes -- Appendixes -- Note on the text -- Word division in this volume -- References -- Index. |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
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American authors -- Biography.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. (OCoLC)fst00031622
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Author |
Smith, Harriet Elinor.
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Griffin, Benjamin, 1968-
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| Added Title |
Autobiography
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Mark Twain |
| ISBN |
9780520267190 (v. 1) |
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0520267192 (v. 1) |
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0520272781 (v. 2) |
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9780520272781 (v. 2) |
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9780520279940 (v. 3) |
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0520279948 (v. 3) |
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