Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1

by Albert Bigelow Paine

Biography & Autobiography Humor Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)Writing & Linguistics Modern (19th C)

105 chapters21h 30mEnglish1912

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Until recently, this work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. This recording of Paine's exhaustive biography covers Twain's personal and literary life in detail, heretofore unapproached. - Summary by John Greenman and Wikipedia

Chapters (104)

1I. ANCESTORS

467

2II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS

600

3III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE

524

4IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY

669

5V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE

304

6VI. A NEW HOME

443

7VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL

661

8VIII. THE FARM

527

9IX. SCHOOL-DAYS

730

10X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW

644

11XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION

1327

12XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND

1375

13XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE

557

14XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS

260

15XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN

919

16XVI. THE TURNING-POINT

315

17XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”

675

18XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE

655

19XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN

1426

20XX. KEOKUK DAYS

1238

21XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE

543

22XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER

610

23XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE

1039

24XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM

683

25XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE

952

26XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”

825

27XXVII. THE PILOT

893

28XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY

1531

29XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING

360

30XXX. THE SOLDIER

835

31XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

480

32XXXII. THE PIONEER

1163

33XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR

803

34XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS

801

35XXXV. THE MINER

1142

36XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS

636

37XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE

648

38XXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF”

919

39XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY

379

40XL. “MARK TWAIN”

611

41XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR

1054

42XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS

856

43XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD

666

44XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”

853

45XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL

513

46XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO

535

47XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS

926

48XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS

782

49XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG

529

50L. BACK TO THE TUMULT

347

51LI. THE CORNER-STONE

563

52LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS

592

53LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER

781

54VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV. THE LECTURER

682

55LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY

917

56LVI. BACK TO THE STATES

521

57LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS

459

58LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE

886

59LIX. THE FIRST BOOK

843

60LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA

1044

61LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD

1107

62LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS

1073

63LXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION

940

64LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON

536

65LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR.

781

66LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO

678

67LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA

375

68LXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELL

422

69LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR

486

70LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME—AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD”

691

71LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL

404

72LXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER

668

73LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS

266

74LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY

831

75LXXV. AS TO DESTINY

140

76LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS”

735

77LXXVII. THE “GALAXY”

833

78LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH

862

79LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY

667

80LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS

1004

81LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS

890

82LXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT”

1240

83LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS

1276

84LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT”

590

85LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE

601

86LXXXVI. ENGLAND

555

87LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN

1536

88LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE”

828

89LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME

249

90XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY

1255

91XCI. A LONDON LECTURE

673

92XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS

823

93XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS

563

94XCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER”

1231

95XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAY

875

96XCVI. THE NEW HOME

767

97XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON

624

98XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI”

514

99XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH

581

100C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC.

1214

101CI. CONCLUDING “TOM SAWYER”—MARK TWAIN’s “EDITORS”

449

102CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD”

556

103CIII. "ATLANTIC” DAYS

503

104CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE

768

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