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Title: The Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain, Charles Neider ISBN: 0-06-095542-2 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Melancholic and humorous...
Comment: I recommend reading this autobiography, although I do think it is too long and certain sections could have been eliminated.
There are some extremely funny episodes, but for me the most powerful writing was the last chapter about the death of his daughter Jean. It is an extremely moving glimpse into Twain's heartfelt pain. Reading this life story has made me want to revisit the high school classics of Huck Finn and Mark Twain.
4 stars.
Rating: 5
Summary: A glimpse into the mind and heart of a genius!
Comment: Treat yourself to the autobiography of a great man whose rich life held everything - humor, joy, sadness, passion and heartbreak. I love his highly evolved sense of social justice and his clear perception of the hypocrisies of his time (and indeed ours). The most touching aspect of this book is the way he opens up and gives us access to the most intimate and tender parts of himself. This is one of the best autobiograpies I've ever read and I've read it countless times. This book will touch your heart and make you laugh out loud.
Rating: 5
Summary: My favorite version
Comment: The problem with putting together Twain's ramblings about himself is that in the original, they are scattered all over his life in no particular organization. The editors of this version have put them in roughly chronological order and taken out some of the more repetitious pieces--and it really works well when you sit down with this remarkable book and make your way through the life tale of the greatest of all tall tale men.
What also comes through clearly is the immense sadness and loneliness he felt at the end of his life. He is a man looking back on a lifetime of irreplaceable moments, some tragic, some unjust, many downright hilarious--and some unspeakably poignant, as when Twain mentions his pride to discover that his little daughter Susy, who died before him, had started writing his biography.
If you want to know more about the man who saw a river so wide it only had one bank, this is the place. More than almost any biography I can remember, this one made me smile, made me laugh loudly, and just as often filled my eyes with tears.
"I love to think of the great and godlike Clemens." -- Rudyard Kipling
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Title: Mark Twain: An Illustrated Biography by Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, Russell Banks ISBN: 0375405615 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 13 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations by Mark Twain ISBN: 0486406644 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $1.00 |
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Title: The Complete Essays of Mark Twain by Charles Neider ISBN: 0306809575 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 25 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: MR. CLEMENS AND MARK TWAIN: A BIOGRAPHY by Justin Kaplan ISBN: 0671748076 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 December, 1991 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain by Mark Twain ISBN: 0553211951 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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