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Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1

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Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1

by Albert Bigelow Paine

English· 21:30:31· 105 chapters
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

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    INTRODUCTION - VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866

    04:13
  2. Chapter 2

    I. ANCESTORS

    07:47
  3. Chapter 3

    II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS

    10:00
  4. Chapter 4

    III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE

    08:44
  5. Chapter 5

    IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY

    11:09
  6. Chapter 6

    V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE

    05:04
  7. Chapter 7

    VI. A NEW HOME

    07:23
  8. Chapter 8

    VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL

    11:01
  9. Chapter 9

    VIII. THE FARM

    08:47
  10. Chapter 10

    IX. SCHOOL-DAYS

    12:10
  11. Chapter 11

    X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW

    10:44
  12. Chapter 12

    XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION

    22:07
  13. Chapter 13

    XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND

    22:55
  14. Chapter 14

    XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE

    09:17
  15. Chapter 15

    XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS

    04:20
  16. Chapter 16

    XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN

    15:19
  17. Chapter 17

    XVI. THE TURNING-POINT

    05:15
  18. Chapter 18

    XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”

    11:15
  19. Chapter 19

    XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE

    10:55
  20. Chapter 20

    XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN

    23:46
  21. Chapter 21

    XX. KEOKUK DAYS

    20:38
  22. Chapter 22

    XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE

    09:03
  23. Chapter 23

    XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER

    10:10
  24. Chapter 24

    XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE

    17:19
  25. Chapter 25

    XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM

    11:23
  26. Chapter 26

    XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE

    15:52
  27. Chapter 27

    XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”

    13:45
  28. Chapter 28

    XXVII. THE PILOT

    14:53
  29. Chapter 29

    XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY

    25:31
  30. Chapter 30

    XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING

    06:00
  31. Chapter 31

    XXX. THE SOLDIER

    13:55
  32. Chapter 32

    XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

    08:00
  33. Chapter 33

    XXXII. THE PIONEER

    19:23
  34. Chapter 34

    XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR

    13:23
  35. Chapter 35

    XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS

    13:21
  36. Chapter 36

    XXXV. THE MINER

    19:02
  37. Chapter 37

    XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS

    10:36
  38. Chapter 38

    XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE

    10:48
  39. Chapter 39

    XXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF”

    15:19
  40. Chapter 40

    XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY

    06:19
  41. Chapter 41

    XL. “MARK TWAIN”

    10:11
  42. Chapter 42

    XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR

    17:34
  43. Chapter 43

    XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS

    14:16
  44. Chapter 44

    XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD

    11:06
  45. Chapter 45

    XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”

    14:13
  46. Chapter 46

    XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL

    08:33
  47. Chapter 47

    XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO

    08:55
  48. Chapter 48

    XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS

    15:26
  49. Chapter 49

    XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS

    13:02
  50. Chapter 50

    XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG

    08:49
  51. Chapter 51

    L. BACK TO THE TUMULT

    05:47
  52. Chapter 52

    LI. THE CORNER-STONE

    09:23
  53. Chapter 53

    LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS

    09:52
  54. Chapter 54

    LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER

    13:01
  55. Chapter 55

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

    11:22
  56. Chapter 56

    LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY

    15:17
  57. Chapter 57

    LVI. BACK TO THE STATES

    08:41
  58. Chapter 58

    LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS

    07:39
  59. Chapter 59

    LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE

    14:46
  60. Chapter 60

    LIX. THE FIRST BOOK

    14:03
  61. Chapter 61

    LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA

    17:24
  62. Chapter 62

    LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD

    18:27
  63. Chapter 63

    LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS

    17:53
  64. Chapter 64

    LXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION

    15:40
  65. Chapter 65

    LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON

    08:56
  66. Chapter 66

    LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR.

    13:01
  67. Chapter 67

    LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO

    11:18
  68. Chapter 68

    LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA

    06:15
  69. Chapter 69

    LXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELL

    07:02
  70. Chapter 70

    LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR

    08:06
  71. Chapter 71

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

    11:31
  72. Chapter 72

    LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL

    06:44
  73. Chapter 73

    LXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER

    11:08
  74. Chapter 74

    LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS

    04:26
  75. Chapter 75

    LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY

    13:51
  76. Chapter 76

    LXXV. AS TO DESTINY

    02:20
  77. Chapter 77

    LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS”

    12:15
  78. Chapter 78

    LXXVII. THE “GALAXY”

    13:53
  79. Chapter 79

    LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH

    14:22
  80. Chapter 80

    LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY

    11:07
  81. Chapter 81

    LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS

    16:44
  82. Chapter 82

    LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS

    14:50
  83. Chapter 83

    LXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT”

    20:40
  84. Chapter 84

    LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS

    21:16
  85. Chapter 85

    LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT”

    09:50
  86. Chapter 86

    LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE

    10:01
  87. Chapter 87

    LXXXVI. ENGLAND

    09:15
  88. Chapter 88

    LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN

    25:36
  89. Chapter 89

    LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE”

    13:48
  90. Chapter 90

    LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME

    04:09
  91. Chapter 91

    XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY

    20:55
  92. Chapter 92

    XCI. A LONDON LECTURE

    11:13
  93. Chapter 93

    XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS

    13:43
  94. Chapter 94

    XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS

    09:23
  95. Chapter 95

    XCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER”

    20:31
  96. Chapter 96

    XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAY

    14:35
  97. Chapter 97

    XCVI. THE NEW HOME

    12:47
  98. Chapter 98

    XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON

    10:24
  99. Chapter 99

    XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI”

    08:34
  100. Chapter 100

    XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH

    09:41
  101. Chapter 101

    C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC.

    20:14
  102. Chapter 102

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

    07:29
  103. Chapter 103

    CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD”

    09:16
  104. Chapter 104

    CIII. "ATLANTIC” DAYS

    08:23
  105. Chapter 105

    CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE

    12:48