Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition (Volume 11) (Mark Twain Papers) - Hardcover

Twain, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520272781 ISBN 13: 9780520272781

Publisher: University of California Press, 2013

Synopsis

Mark Twain’s complete, uncensored Autobiography was an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author’s death, as he requested. Published to rave reviews, the Autobiography was hailed as the capstone of Twain’s career. It captures his authentic and unsuppressed voice, speaking clearly from the grave and brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions.

The eagerly-awaited Volume 2 delves deeper into Mark Twain’s life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Filled with his characteristic blend of humor and ire, the narrative ranges effortlessly across the contemporary scene. He shares his views on writing and speaking, his preoccupation with money, and his contempt for the politics and politicians of his day. Affectionate and scathing by turns, his intractable curiosity and candor are everywhere on view.

Editors: Benjamin Griffin and Harriet E. Smith
Associate Editors: Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz and Leslie Diane Myrick
 

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Images and Insights from Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2

Samuel L. Clemens. Redding, Connecticut, 1908. Photograph taken by Isabel Lyon, Clemens’s secretary. Courtesy of the Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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Samuel Clemens in Ontereora, NY. 1900. Courtesy of the Mark Twain Papers, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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Samuel L. Clemens, 1851 or 1852. Reproduced from a print in the Mark Twain Papers, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, which appears on the jacket of The Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 2 published by University of California Press (2013).

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Samuel L. Clemens with kitten. Photography by Underwood and Underwood, 1907, Tuxedo Park, New York. Courtesy of the Mark Twain Papers, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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Extract of a letter from Samuel L. Clemens to his wife Olivia, 1874, London, England. Courtesy of the Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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Transcription of a letter from Samuel L. Clemens to his wife Olivia, 1874, London, England. Courtesy of the Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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Praise for Volume 1

“It feels like a form of time travel. One moment you’re on horseback in the Hawaiian islands ― or recovering from saddle boils with a cigar in your mouth ― and the next moment you’re meeting the Viennese maid he called, in a private joke, ‘Wuthering Heights.’ We can hardly wait for Volume 2.”― New York Times

“Twain's autobiography, finally available after a century, is a garrulous outpouring―and every word beguiles.”― Wall Street Journal

“I start reading Twain’s Autobiography at any page and don’t want to stop, for the sheer voluptuous pleasure of the prose.”― Roger Ebert

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0520272781
• ISBN 13: 9780520272781
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 776
• Editor: Griffin Benjamin, Smith Harriet E., Fischer Victor, Frank Michael Barry, Goetz Sharon K., Myrick Leslie Diane