Mark Twain a Biography
by Albert Bigelow Paine
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- Author
- Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937
- Title
- Mark Twain: A Biography. Complete
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- Produced by David Widger
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- English
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- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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- Humorists, American -- 19th century -- Biography
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- 2988
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- October 4, 2004
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- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MARK TWAIN A BIOGRAPHY
- 2.THE PERSONAL AND LITERARY LIFE OF SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS — BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
- 3.VOLUME I. Part 1: 1835-1866
- 4.AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- 5.PREFATORY NOTE
- 6.MARK TWAIN—A BIOGRAPHY
- 7.I. ANCESTORS
- 8.II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS
- 9.III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE
- 10.IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY
- 11.V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE
- 12.VI. A NEW HOME
- 13.VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL.
- 14.VIII. THE FARM
- 15.IX. SCHOOL-DAYS
- 16.X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW
- 17.XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION
- 18.XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND
- 19.XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE
- 20.XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS
- 21.XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN
- 22.XVI. THE TURNING-POINT
- 23.XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”
- 24.XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE
- 25.XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN
- 26.XX. KEOKUK DAYS
- 27.XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE
- 28.XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER
- 29.XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE
- 30.XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM
- 31.XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE
- 32.XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”
- 33.XXVII. THE PILOT
- 34.XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY
- 35.XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING
- 36.XXX. THE SOLDIER
- 37.XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
- 38.XXXII. THE PIONEER
- 39.XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR
- 40.XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS
- 41.XXXV. THE MINER
- 42.XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS — It was late in July when he wrote:
- 43.XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE
- 44.XXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF”
- 45.XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY
- 46.XL. “MARK TWAIN”
- 47.XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR
- 48.XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS.
- 49.XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD
- 50.XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”
- 51.XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL.
- 52.XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO
- 53.XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS
- 54.XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS
- 55.XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG
- 56.L. BACK TO THE TUMULT — FROM the note-book:
- 57.LI. THE CORNER-STONE
- 58.LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
- 59.LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER
- 60.VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875
- 61.LIV. THE LECTURER
- 62.LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY
- 63.LVI. BACK TO THE STATES
- 64.LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS
- 65.LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE
- 66.LIX. THE FIRST BOOK
- 67.LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA
- 68.LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD
- 69.LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS — The last note-book entry bears date of October 11th:
- 70.LXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION
- 71.LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON
- 72.LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR.
- 73.LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO
- 74.LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA
- 75.LXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELL.
- 76.LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR
- 77.LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME—AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD”
- 78.LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL.
- 79.LXXII.THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER.
- 80.LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS
- 81.LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY
- 82.LXXV. AS TO DESTINY
- 83.LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS”
- 84.LXXVII. THE “GALAXY”
- 85.LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH
- 86.LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY
- 87.LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS
- 88.LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS
- 89.LXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT”
- 90.LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS
- 91.LXXXIV. “ROUGHING IT”. — Telegram to Redpath:
- 92.LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE
- 93.LXXXVI. ENGLAND
- 94.LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN
- 95.LXXXVIII. “THE GILDED AGE”
- 96.LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME
- 97.XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY
- 98.XCI. A LONDON LECTURE
- 99.XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS
- 100.XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS
- 101.XCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER”
- 102.XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAY
- 103.XCVI. THE NEW HOME
- 104.XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON
- 105.XCVIII. “OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI”
- 106.XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH
- 107.C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC.
- 108.CI. CONCLUDING “TOM SAWYER”—MARK TWAIN's “EDITORS”
- 109.CII. “SKETCHES NEW AND OLD”
- 110.CIII. “ATLANTIC” DAYS
- 111.CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE
- 112.VOLUME II, Part 1: 1875-1886
- 113.CV. MARK TWAIN AT FORTY — In conversation with John Hay, Hay said to Clemens:
- 114.CVI. HIS FIRST STAGE APPEARANCE
- 115.CVII. HOWELLS, CLEMENS, AND “GEORGE”
- 116.CVIII. SUMMER LABORS AT QUARRY FARM
- 117.CIX. THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE OF “TOM SAWYER”
- 118.CX. MARK TWAIN AND BRET HARTE WRITE A PLAY
- 119.CXI. A BERMUDA HOLIDAY
- 120.CXII. A NEW PLAY AND A NEW TALE
- 121.CXIII. TWO DOMESTIC DRAMAS
- 122.CXIV. THE WHITTIER BIRTHDAY SPEECH
- 123.CXV. HARTFORD AND BILLIARDS
- 124.CXVI. OFF FOR GERMANY
- 125.CXVII. GERMANY AND GERMAN — From the note-book:
- 126.CXVIII. TRAMPING WITH TWICHELL.
- 127.CXIX. ITALIAN DAYS
- 128.CXX. IN MUNICH
- 129.CXXI. PARIS, ENGLAND, AND HOMEWARD BOUND
- 130.CXXII. AN INTERLUDE
- 131.CXXIII. THE GRANT SPEECH OF 1879
- 132.CXXIV. ANOTHER “ATLANTIC” SPEECH
- 133.CXXV. THE QUIETER THINGS OF HOME
- 134.CXXVI. “A TRAMP ABROAD”
- 135.CXXVII. LETTERS, TALES, AND PLANS
- 136.CXXVIII. MARK TWAIN's ABSENT-MINDEDNESS.
- 137.CXXIX. FURTHER AFFAIRS AT THE FARM
- 138.CXXX. COPYRIGHT AND OTHER FANCIES
- 139.CXXXI. WORKING FOR GARFIELD
- 140.CXXXII. A NEW PUBLISHER — It was near the end of the year that Clemens wrote to his mother:
- 141.CXXXIII. THE THREE FIRES—SOME BENEFACTIONS
- 142.CXXXIV. LITERARY PROJECTS AND A MONUMENT TO ADAM
- 143.CXXXV. A TRIP WITH SHERMAN AND AN INTERVIEW WITH GRANT.
- 144.CXXXVI. “THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER”
- 145.CXXXVII. CERTAIN ATTACKS AND REPRISALS
- 146.CXXXVIII. MANY UNDERTAKINGS
- 147.CXXXIX. FINANCIAL AND LITERARY
- 148.CXL. DOWN THE RIVER
- 149.CXLI. LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
- 150.CXLII. “LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI”
- 151.CXLIII. A GUEST OF ROYALTY
- 152.CXLIV. A SUMMER LITERARY HARVEST
- 153.CXLV. HOWELLS AND CLEMENS WRITE A PLAY — Before Howells went abroad Clemens had written:
- 154.CXLVI. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
- 155.CXLVII. THE FORTUNES OF A PLAY
- 156.CXLVIII. CABLE AND HIS GREAT JOKE
- 157.CXLIX. MARK TWAIN IN BUSINESS
- 158.CL. FARM PICTURES
- 159.CLI. MARK TWAIN MUGWUMPS
- 160.CLII. PLATFORMING WITH CABLE
- 161.CLIII. HUCK FINN COMES INTO HIS OWN
- 162.CLIV. THE MEMOIRS OF GENERAL GRANT
- 163.CLV. DAYS WITH A DYING HERO
- 164.CLVI. THE CLOSE OF A GREAT CAREER
- 165.CLVII. MINOR MATTERS OF A GREAT YEAR
- 166.CLVIII. MARK TWAIN AT FIFTY
- 167.CLIX. THE LIFE OF THE POPE
- 168.CLX. A GREAT PUBLISHER AT HOME
- 169.CLXI. HISTORY: MAINLY BY SUSY — Suzy, in her biography, which she continued through this period, writes:
- 170.VOLUME II, Part 2: 1886-1900
- 171.CLXII. BROWNING, MEREDITH, AND MEISTERSCHAFT
- 172.CLXIII. LETTER TO THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND
- 173.CLXIV. SOME FURTHER ACCOUNT OF CHARLES L. WEBSTER & CO.
- 174.CLXV. LETTERS, VISITS, AND VISITORS
- 175.CLVXVI. A “PLAYER” AND A MASTER OF ARTS — One morning early in January Clemens received the following note:
- 176.CLXVII. NOTES AND LITERARY MATTERS
- 177.CLXVIII. INTRODUCING NYE AND RILEY AND OTHERS
- 178.CLXIX. THE COMING OF KIPLING
- 179.CLXX. “THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER” ON THE STAGE
- 180.CLXXI. “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT”
- 181.CLXXII. THE “YANKEE” IN ENGLAND
- 182.CLXXIII. A SUMMER AT ONTEORA
- 183.CLXXIV. THE MACHINE
- 184.CLXXV. “THE CLAIMANT”—LEAVING HARTFORD
- 185.CLXXVI. A EUROPEAN SUMMER
- 186.CLXXVII. KORNERSTRASSE,7
- 187.CLXXVIII. A WINTER IN BERLIN
- 188.CLXXIX. A DINNER WITH WILLIAM II.
- 189.CLXXX. MANY WANDERINGS
- 190.CLXXXI. NAUHEIM AND THE PRINCE OF WALES
- 191.CLXXXII. THE VILLA VIVIANI.
- 192.CLXXXIII. THE SIEUR DE CONTE AND JOAN
- 193.CLXXXIV. NEW HOPE IN THE MACHINE
- 194.CLXXXV. AN INTRODUCTION TO H. H. ROGERS
- 195.CLXXXVI. “THE BELLE OF NEW YORK”
- 196.CLXXXVII. SOME LITERARY MATTERS
- 197.CLXXXVIII. FAILURE
- 198.CLXXXIX. AN EVENTFUL YEAR ENDS
- 199.CXC. STARTING ON THE LONG TRAIL.
- 200.CXCI. CLEMENS HAD BEEN ILL IN ELMIRA WITH A CARBUNCLE
- 201.CXCII. “FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR”
- 202.CXCIII. THE PASSING OF SUSY
- 203.CXCIV. WINTER IN TEDWORTH SQUARE
- 204.CXCV. “PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC”.
- 205.CXCVI. MR. ROGERS AND HELEN KELLER
- 206.CXCVII. FINISHING THE BOOK OF TRAVEL.
- 207.CXCVIII. A SUMMER IN SWITZERLAND
- 208.CXCIX. WINTER IN VIENNA
- 209.CC. MARK TWAIN PAYS HIS DEBTS
- 210.CCI. SOCIAL LIFE IN VIENNA
- 211.CCII. LITERARY WORK IN VIENNA
- 212.CCIII. AN IMPERIAL TRAGEDY
- 213.CCIV. THE SECOND WINTER IN VIENNA
- 214.CCV. SPEECHES THAT WERE NOT MADE
- 215.CCVI. A SUMMER IN SWEDEN
- 216.CCVII. 30, WELLINGTON COURT
- 217.CCVIII. MARK TWAIN AND THE WARS
- 218.CCIX. PLASMON, AND A NEW MAGAZINE
- 219.CCX. LONDON SOCIAL AFFAIRS
- 220.CCXI. DOLLIS HILL AND HOME
- 221.VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907
- 222.CCXII. THE RETURN OF THE CONQUEROR
- 223.CCXIII. MARK TWAIN—GENERAL SPOKESMAN
- 224.CCXIV. MARK TWAIN AND THE MISSIONARIES
- 225.CCXV. SUMMER AT “THE LAIR”
- 226.CCXVI. RIVERDALE—A YALE DEGREE
- 227.CCXVII. MARK TWAIN IN POLITICS
- 228.CCXVIII. NEW INTERESTS AND INVESTMENTS
- 229.CCXIX. YACHTING AND THEOLOGY
- 230.CCXX. MARK TWAIN AND THE PHILIPPINES
- 231.CCXXI. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
- 232.CCXXII. A PROPHET HONORED IN HIS COUNTRY
- 233.CCXXIII. AT YORK HARBOR
- 234.CCXXIV. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY DINNER
- 235.CCXXV. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CONTROVERSIES
- 236.CCXXVI. “WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?”
- 237.CCXXVII. THE SECOND RIVERDALE WINTER
- 238.CCXXVIII. PROFFERED HONORS
- 239.CCXXXIX. THE LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRA
- 240.CCXXX. THE RETURN TO FLORENCE — From the note-book:
- 241.CCXXXI. THE CLOSE OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE
- 242.CCXXXII. THE SAD JOURNEY HOME
- 243.CCXXXIII. BEGINNING ANOTHER HOME
- 244.CCXXXIV. LIFE AT 21 FIFTH AVENUE
- 245.CCXXXV. A SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
- 246.CCXXXVI. AT PIER 70
- 247.CCXXXVII. AFTERMATH
- 248.CCXXXVIII. THE WRITER MEETS MARK TWAIN
- 249.CCXXXIX. WORKING WITH MARK TWAIN
- 250.CCXL. THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN
- 251.CCXLI. GORKY, HOWELLS, AND MARK TWAIN
- 252.CCXLII. MARK TWAIN'S GOOD-BY TO THE PLATFORM
- 253.CCXLIII. AN INVESTMENT IN REDDING
- 254.CCXLIV. TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHIES
- 255.CCXLV. IN THE DAY'S ROUND
- 256.CCXLVI. THE SECOND SUMMER AT DUBLIN
- 257.CCXLVI. DUBLIN, CONTINUED
- 258.CCXLVIII. “WHAT IS MAN?” AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- 259.CCXLIX. BILLIARDS
- 260.CCL. PHILOSOPHY AND PESSIMISM — In a letter to MacAlister, written at this time, he said:
- 261.CCLI. A LOBBYING EXPEDITION
- 262.CCLII. THEOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
- 263.CCLIII. AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER
- 264.CCLIV. BILLIARD-ROOM NOTES
- 265.CCLV. FURTHER PERSONALITIES
- 266.VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910
- 267.CCLVI. HONORS FROM OXFORD
- 268.CCLVII. A TRUE ENGLISH WELCOME
- 269.CCLVIII. DOCTOR OF LITERATURE, OXFORD
- 270.CCLIX. LONDON SOCIAL HONORS
- 271.CCLX. MATTERS PSYCHIC AND OTHERWISE
- 272.CCLXI. MINOR EVENTS AND DIVERSIONS
- 273.CCLXII. FROM MARK TWAIN's MAIL.
- 274.CCLXIII. SOME LITERARY LUNCHEONS
- 275.CCLXIV. “CAPTAIN STORMFIELD” IN PRINT
- 276.CCLXV. LOTOS CLUB HONORS
- 277.CCLXVI. A WINTER IN BERMUDA
- 278.CCLXVII. VIEWS AND ADDRESSES
- 279.CCLXVIII. REDDING
- 280.CCLXIX. FIRST DAYS AT STORMFIELD
- 281.CCLXX. THE ALDRICH MEMORIAL.
- 282.CCLXXI. DEATH OF “SAM” MOFFETT
- 283.CCLXXII. STORMFIELD ADVENTURES
- 284.CCLXXIII. STORMFIELD PHILOSOPHIES
- 285.CCLXIV. CITIZEN AND FARMER
- 286.CCLXV. A MANTEL AND A BABY ELEPHANT
- 287.CCLXXVI. SHAKESPEARE-BACON TALK
- 288.CCLXXVII. “IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?”
- 289.CCLXXVIII. THE DEATH OF HENRY ROGERS
- 290.CCLXXIX. AN EXTENSION OF COPYRIGHT
- 291.CCLXXX. A WARNING
- 292.CCLXXXI. THE LAST SUMMER AT STORMFIELD
- 293.CCLXXXII. PERSONAL MEMORANDA
- 294.CCLXXXIII. ASTRONOMY AND DREAMS
- 295.CCLXXXIV. A LIBRARY CONCERT
- 296.CCLXXXV. A WEDDING AT STORMFIELD
- 297.CCLXXXVI. AUTUMN DAYS
- 298.CCLXXVII. MARK TWAIN'S READING
- 299.CCLXXXVIII. A BERMUDA BIRTHDAY
- 300.CCLXXXIX. THE DEATH OF JEAN
- 301.CCXC. THE RETURN TO BERMUDA
- 302.CCXCI. LETTERS FROM BERMUDA
- 303.CCXCII. THE VOYAGE HOME
- 304.CCXCIII. THE RETURN TO THE INVISIBLE
- 305.CCXCIV. THE LAST RITES
- 306.CCXCV. MARK TWAIN'S RELIGION
- 307.CCXCVI. POSTSCRIPT
- 308.APPENDIX A — LETTER FROM ORION CLEMENS TO MISS WOOD CONCERNING HENRY CLEMENS
- 309.APPENDIX B — MARK TWAIN'S BURLESQUE OF CAPTAIN ISAIAH SELLERS
- 310.APPENDIX C.
- 311.APPENDIX D — FROM MARK TWAIN'S FIRST LECTURE, DELIVERED OCTOBER 2, 1866.
- 312.NOTICE OF MARK TWAIN'S LECTURE — “THE TROUBLE IS OVER”
- 313.APPENDIX E — FROM “THE JUMPING FROG” BOOK (MARK TWAIN'S FIRST PUBLISHED VOLUME)
- 314.III. FROM “A STRANGE DREAM” — (Example of Mark Twain's Early Descriptive Writing)
- 315.APPENDIX F — THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (See Chapter lx)
- 316.APPENDIX G — MARK TWAIN AT THE CORRESPONDENTS CLUB, WASHINGTON
- 317.APPENDIX H — ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LECTURE OF JULY 2, 1868
- 318.APPENDIX I. MARK TWAIN'S CHAMPIONSHIP OF THOMAS K. BEECHER — (See Chapter lxxiv)
- 319.APPENDIX J
- 320.APPENDIX K — A SUBSTITUTE FOR RULOFF HAVE WE A SIDNEY CARTON AMONG US?
- 321.APPENDIX L. ABOUT LONDON
- 322.APPENDIX M
- 323.APPENDIX N — MARK TWAIN AND COPYRIGHT
- 324.CIRCULAR TO AMERICAN AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS
- 325.II. Communications supposed to have been written by the Tsar of Russia
- 326.APPENDIX O — (See Chapter cxiv)
- 327.APPENDIX P — THE ADAM MONUMENT PETITION
- 328.APPENDIX Q — GENERAL GRANT'S GRAMMAR
- 329.APPENDIX R — PARTY ALLEGIANCE.
- 330.APPENDIX S — ORIGINAL PREFACE FOR “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT”
- 331.APPENDIX T — A TRIBUTE TO HENRY H. ROGERS
- 332.APPENDIX U — FROM MARK TWAIN'S LAST POEM
- 333.APPENDIX V. SELECTIONS FROM AN UNFINISHED BOOK, “3,000 YEARS AMONG THE
- 334.APPENDIX W — LITTLE BESSIE WOULD ASSIST PROVIDENCE
- 335.Notes for the Jumping Frog story; Angel's Camp, February. Sketches etc.,
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