Autobiographical Writings
$53.36
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
4 July 2012
Summary
This new collection of autobiographical pieces offers a fascinating insight into the life and philosophy of Mark Twain, author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and one of America’s most celebrated writers.
A must-have for all lovers of Mark Twain, this selection of his autobiographical writings opens a rare window onto the writer’s life, particularly his early years. Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, Samuel Langhorne Clemens first used the pseudonym…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143106678 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143106678 |
| Author: | Mark Twain, R. Kent Rasmussen |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 4 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 376g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“To [Clemens’s] fascinating recollections Rasmussen contributes an informative Introduction that courageously takes up the issue of Samuel Clemens’s veracity, a fuller-than-usual chronology of Clemens’s life, an up-to-date bibliography of scholarship devoted to his autobiographical writings, and a surprisingly ample “Glossary” that identifies everyone and everything from Susan Crane to John Hay to the Monday Evening Club to the starboard side of a river vessel… a highly usable and deeply enjoyable compilation of some of Twain’s very best prose.”—Mark Twain Forum “Rasmussen seems to have been born with the destiny of bringing order and light to Twain scholarship… So now he’s written yet another book that I would say ought to be near to hand for any scholar doing work on Sam Clemens, the biographical individual.”—Lawrence Berkove, University of Michigan-Dearborn
About The Author
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, embarked on a varied career before achieving literary fame. He left home in 1853, working as a typesetter, and by 1857, he was an apprentice pilot on the Mississippi River. This career was interrupted by the Civil War. Clemens then spent five years in Nevada and California as a prospector and journalist.
In February 1863, he first employed the pseudonym “Mark Twain” for a humorous travel letter. His 1867 trip to Europe and the Holy Land provided material for his first major book, The Innocents Abroad (1869). His prolific output includes The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), A Tramp Abroad (1880), The Prince and the Pauper (1882), and his celebrated masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Mark Twain died on April 21, 1910.
R. Kent Rasmussen
R. Kent Rasmussen is an accomplished author and editor with a significant body of work focused on Mark Twain. He has authored or edited six books specifically on Twain, alongside over a dozen other published works. He is particularly recognized for his award-winning titles, Mark Twain A to Z (recently updated as the two-volume Critical Companion to Mark Twain) and The Quotable Mark Twain. Rasmussen holds a doctorate in history from UCLA and currently works as a reference book editor in Southern California.
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