| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 342 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-324) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Mark Twain--Sam's women -- 2. Heartbreak -- 3. Rearranging the household -- 4. Looking for love -- 5. A pact with the devil -- 6. Life in the sanitarium -- 7. Someone to love him and pet him -- 8. A viper to her bosom -- 9. Innocence at home -- 10. Stormfield -- 11. An American Lear -- 12. Illusions of love -- 13. Unraveling -- 14. The exile returns -- 15. Confrontation -- 16. A formidable adversary -- 17. False exoneration -- 18. The funniest joke in the world -- 19. Melting marble with ice -- 20. The end of my autobiography -- How little one may tell. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were--lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm. |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Last years.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Relations with private secretaries.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Relations with women.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Finance, Personal.
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Lyon, Isabel, 1863-1958.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Last years -- Relations with private secretaries -- Relations with women -- Finance, Personal.
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Lyon, Isabel, 1863-1958 -- Last years -- Relations with private secretaries -- Relations with women -- Finance, Personal.
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Lyon, Isabel, 1863-1958. (OCoLC)fst00262932
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. (OCoLC)fst00031622
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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Finance, Personal. (OCoLC)fst00924449
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Last years of a person's life. (OCoLC)fst01185275
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Relations with private secretaries. (OCoLC)fst01354387
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Relations with women. (OCoLC)fst01354410
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lystra, Karen. Dangerous intimacy. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004 0520233239 (DLC) 2003018999 (OCoLC)52948859 |
| ISBN |
9780520940376 (electronic bk.) |
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0520940377 (electronic bk.) |
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1417508345 (electronic bk.) |
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9781417508341 (electronic bk.) |
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