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
- Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION - VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866
04:13 - Chapter 2
I. ANCESTORS
07:47 - Chapter 3
II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS
10:00 - Chapter 4
III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE
08:44 - Chapter 5
IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY
11:09 - Chapter 6
V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE
05:04 - Chapter 7
VI. A NEW HOME
07:23 - Chapter 8
VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL
11:01 - Chapter 9
VIII. THE FARM
08:47 - Chapter 10
IX. SCHOOL-DAYS
12:10 - Chapter 11
X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW
10:44 - Chapter 12
XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION
22:07 - Chapter 13
XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND
22:55 - Chapter 14
XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE
09:17 - Chapter 15
XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS
04:20 - Chapter 16
XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN
15:19 - Chapter 17
XVI. THE TURNING-POINT
05:15 - Chapter 18
XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”
11:15 - Chapter 19
XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE
10:55 - Chapter 20
XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN
23:46 - Chapter 21
XX. KEOKUK DAYS
20:38 - Chapter 22
XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE
09:03 - Chapter 23
XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER
10:10 - Chapter 24
XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE
17:19 - Chapter 25
XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM
11:23 - Chapter 26
XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE
15:52 - Chapter 27
XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”
13:45 - Chapter 28
XXVII. THE PILOT
14:53 - Chapter 29
XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY
25:31 - Chapter 30
XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING
06:00 - Chapter 31
XXX. THE SOLDIER
13:55 - Chapter 32
XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
08:00 - Chapter 33
XXXII. THE PIONEER
19:23 - Chapter 34
XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR
13:23 - Chapter 35
XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS
13:21 - Chapter 36
XXXV. THE MINER
19:02 - Chapter 37
XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS
10:36 - Chapter 38
XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE
10:48 - Chapter 39
XXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF”
15:19 - Chapter 40
XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY
06:19 - Chapter 41
XL. “MARK TWAIN”
10:11 - Chapter 42
XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR
17:34 - Chapter 43
XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS
14:16 - Chapter 44
XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD
11:06 - Chapter 45
XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”
14:13 - Chapter 46
XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL
08:33 - Chapter 47
XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO
08:55 - Chapter 48
XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS
15:26 - Chapter 49
XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS
13:02 - Chapter 50
XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG
08:49 - Chapter 51
L. BACK TO THE TUMULT
05:47 - Chapter 52
LI. THE CORNER-STONE
09:23 - Chapter 53
LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
09:52 - Chapter 54
LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER
13:01 - Chapter 55
VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV. THE LECTURER
11:22 - Chapter 56
LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY
15:17 - Chapter 57
LVI. BACK TO THE STATES
08:41 - Chapter 58
LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS
07:39 - Chapter 59
LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE
14:46 - Chapter 60
LIX. THE FIRST BOOK
14:03 - Chapter 61
LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA
17:24 - Chapter 62
LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD
18:27 - Chapter 63
LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS
17:53 - Chapter 64
LXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION
15:40 - Chapter 65
LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON
08:56 - Chapter 66
LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR.
13:01 - Chapter 67
LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO
11:18 - Chapter 68
LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA
06:15 - Chapter 69
LXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELL
07:02 - Chapter 70
LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR
08:06 - Chapter 71
LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME—AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD”
11:31 - Chapter 72
LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL
06:44 - Chapter 73
LXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER
11:08 - Chapter 74
LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS
04:26 - Chapter 75
LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY
13:51 - Chapter 76
LXXV. AS TO DESTINY
02:20 - Chapter 77
LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS”
12:15 - Chapter 78
LXXVII. THE “GALAXY”
13:53 - Chapter 79
LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH
14:22 - Chapter 80
LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY
11:07 - Chapter 81
LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS
16:44 - Chapter 82
LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS
14:50 - Chapter 83
LXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT”
20:40 - Chapter 84
LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS
21:16 - Chapter 85
LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT”
09:50 - Chapter 86
LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE
10:01 - Chapter 87
LXXXVI. ENGLAND
09:15 - Chapter 88
LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN
25:36 - Chapter 89
LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE”
13:48 - Chapter 90
LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME
04:09 - Chapter 91
XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY
20:55 - Chapter 92
XCI. A LONDON LECTURE
11:13 - Chapter 93
XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS
13:43 - Chapter 94
XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS
09:23 - Chapter 95
XCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER”
20:31 - Chapter 96
XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAY
14:35 - Chapter 97
XCVI. THE NEW HOME
12:47 - Chapter 98
XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON
10:24 - Chapter 99
XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI”
08:34 - Chapter 100
XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH
09:41 - Chapter 101
C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC.
20:14 - Chapter 102
CI. CONCLUDING “TOM SAWYER”—MARK TWAIN’s “EDITORS”
07:29 - Chapter 103
CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD”
09:16 - Chapter 104
CIII. "ATLANTIC” DAYS
08:23 - Chapter 105
CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE
12:48