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Title page
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The Novels
THE GILDED AGE: A TALE OF TODAY
Twain in his early twenties
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPTER XL.
CHAPTER XLI.
CHAPTER XLII.
CHAPTER XLIII.
CHAPTER XLIV.
CHAPTER XLV.
CHAPTER XLVI.
CHAPTER XLVII.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
CHAPTER XLIX.
CHAPTER L.
CHAPTER LI.
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LIII.
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPTER LV.
CHAPTER LVI.
CHAPTER LVII.
CHAPTER LVIII.
CHAPTER LIX.
CHAPTER LX.
CHAPTER LXI.
CHAPTER LXII.
CHAPTER LXIII.
APPENDIX.
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CONCLUSION
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
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The first US ediiton
CONTENTS
The 1937 film adaptation
The 1990 Disney adaptation
Chapter I.
Chapter II.
Chapter III.
Chapter IV.
Chapter V.
Chapter VI.
Chapter VII.
Chapter VIII.
Chapter IX.
Chapter X.
Chapter XI.
Chapter XII.
Chapter XIII.
Chapter XIV.
Chapter XV.
Chapter XVI.
Chapter XVII.
Chapter XVIII.
Chapter XIX.
Chapter XX.
Chapter XXI.
Chapter XXII.
Chapter XXIII.
Chapter XXIV.
Chapter XXV.
Chapter XXVI.
Chapter XXVII.
Chapter XXVIII.
Chapter XXIX.
Chapter XXX.
Chapter XXXI.
Chapter XXXII.
Chapter XXXIII.
TWAIN’S NOTES
GENERAL NOTE.
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
The first edition
CONTENTS
The 1939 film adaptation
The 1960 film adaptation
The 1993 film adaptation
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CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
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CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER THE LAST
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT
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CONTENTS
The 1931 film adaptation
The 1949 musical adaptation
A WORD OF EXPLANATION
THE STRANGER’S HISTORY
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER XLIII
CHAPTER XLIV
THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT
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The first edition
CONTENTS
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EXPLANATORY
THE WEATHER IN THIS BOOK.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
APPENDIX.
TOM SAWYER ABROAD
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The first edition
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
PUDD’NHEAD WILSON
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The first edition
CONTENTS
A WHISPER TO THE READER
CHAPTER 1 — Pudd’nhead Wins
CHAPTER 2 — Driscoll Spares
CHAPTER 3 — Roxy Plays
CHAPTER 4 — The Ways
CHAPTER 5 — The Twins
CHAPTER 6 — Swimming in
CHAPTER 7 — The Unknown
CHAPTER 8 — Marse Tom
CHAPTER 9 — Tom Practices
CHAPTER 10 — The Nymph
CHAPTER 11 — Pudd’nhead’s Thrilling
CHAPTER 12 — The Shame
CHAPTER 13 — Tom Stares
CHAPTER 14 — Roxana Insists
CHAPTER 15 — The Robber
CHAPTER 16 — Sold Down
CHAPTER 17 — The Judge
CHAPTER 18 — Roxana Commands
CHAPTER 19 — The Prophesy
CHAPTER 20 — The Murderer
CHAPTER 21 — Doom
CONCLUSION
AUTHOR’S NOTE TO “THOSE EXTRAORDINARY
TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC
The first edition
CONTENTS
TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
A PECULIARITY OF JOAN OF
THE SIEUR LOUIS DE CONTE
BOOK I IN DOMREMY
Chapter 2 The Fairy Tree
Chapter 3 All Aflame with
Chapter 4 Joan Tames the
Chapter 5 Domremy Pillaged and
Chapter 6 Joan and Archangel
Chapter 7 She Delivers the
Chapter 8 Why the Scorners
Chapter 1 Joan Says Good-By
Chapter 2 The Governor Speeds
Chapter 3 The Paladin Groans
Chapter 4 Joan Leads Us
Chapter 5 We Pierce the
Chapter 6 Joan Convinces the
Chapter 7 Our Paladin in
Chapter 8 Joan Persuades Her
Chapter 9 She Is Made
Chapter 10 The Maid’s Sword
Chapter 11 The War March
Chapter 12 Joan Puts Heart
Chapter 13 Checked by the
Chapter 14 What the English
Chapter 15 My Exquisite Poem
Chapter 16 The Finding of
Chapter 17 Sweet Fruit of
Chapter 18 Joan’s First Battle-Field
Chapter 19 We Burst In
Chapter 20 Joan Makes Cowards
Chapter 21 She Gently Reproves
Chapter 22 The Fate of
Chapter 23 Joan Inspires the
Chapter 24 Tinsel Trappings of
Chapter 25 At Last—Forward!
Chapter 26 The Last Doubts
Chapter 27 How Joan Took
BOOK II — IN COURT
Chapter 29 Fierce Talbot Reconsiders
Chapter 30 The Red Field
Chapter 31 France Begins to
Chapter 32 The Joyous News
Chapter 33 Joan’s Five Great
Chapter 34 The Jests of
Chapter 35 The Heir of
Chapter 36 Joan Hears News
Chapter 37 Again to Arms
Chapter 38 The King Cries
Chapter 39 We Win, But
Chapter 40 Treachery Conquers Joan
Chapter 41 The Maid Will
BOOK III TRIAL AND MARTYRDOM
Chapter 1 The Maid in
Chapter 2 Joan Sold to
Chapter 3 Weaving the Net
Chapter 4 All Ready to
Chapter 5 Fifty Experts Against
Chapter 6 The Maid Baffles
Chapter 7 Craft That Was
Chapter 8 Joan Tells of
Chapter 9 Her Sure Deliverance
Chapter 10 The Inquisitors at
Chapter 11 The Court Reorganized
Chapter 12 Joan’s Master-Stroke Diverted
Chapter 13 The Third Trial
Chapter 14 Joan Struggles with
Chapter 15 Undaunted by Threat
Chapter 16 Joan Stands Defiant
Chapter 17 Supreme in Direst
Chapter 18 Condemned Yet Unafraid
Chapter 19 Our Last Hopes
Chapter 20 The Betrayal
Chapter 21 Respited Only for
Chapter 22 Joan Gives the
Chapter 23 The Time Is
Chapter 24 Joan the Martyr
A HORSE’S TALE
The first edition
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—SOLDIER BOY—PRIVATELY TO HIMSELF
CHAPTER II—LETTER FROM ROUEN—TO GENERAL
CHAPTER III—GENERAL ALISON TO HIS
CHAPTER IV—CATHY TO HER AUNT
CHAPTER V—GENERAL ALISON TO MERCEDES
CHAPTER VI—SOLDIER BOY AND THE
CHAPTER VII—SOLDIER BOY AND SHEKELS
CHAPTER VIII—THE SCOUT-START. BB AND
CHAPTER IX—SOLDIER BOY AND SHEKELS
CHAPTER X—GENERAL ALISON AND DORCAS
CHAPTER XI—SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. ANTONIO
CHAPTER XII—MONGREL AND THE OTHER
CHAPTER XIV—SOLDIER BOY—TO HIMSELF
CHAPTER XV—GENERAL ALISON TO MRS.
THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
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CONTENTS
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
The Short Stories
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES
THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF
GENERAL WASHINGTON’S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT
MY LATE SENATORIAL SECRETARYSHIP
A BURLESQUE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
FIRST ROMANCE
SKETCHES NEW AND OLD
The first edition
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MY WATCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
THE JUMPING FROG
THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG OF
.......................
JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE
SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
THE STORY OF THE BAD
THE STORY OF THE GOOD
A COUPLE OF POEMS BY
NIAGARA
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
TO RAISE POULTRY
EXPERIENCE OF THE McWILLIAMSES WITH
MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE
HOW THE AUTHOR WAS SOLD
THE OFFICE BORE
JOHNNY GREER
THE FACTS IN THE CASE
THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER
DISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOY
THE JUDGE’S “SPIRITED WOMAN”
SOME LEARNED FABLES FOR GOOD
A FASHION ITEM
RILEY—NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT
A FINE OLD MAN
SCIENCE V.S.
THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
MR.
untitled
A MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT
A PARAGRAPH NOT ADDED TO
LIONIZING MURDERERS
A NEW CRIME
‘GONE TO HIS JUST REWARD’
A TRUE STORY
THE SIAMESE TWINS
SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET
A GHOST STORY
THE CAPITOLINE VENUS
SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE
JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK
HOW I EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL
THE PETRIFIED MAN
MY BLOODY MASSACRE
THE UNDERTAKER’S CHAT
CONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDS
AURELIA’S UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN
“AFTER” JENKINS
ABOUT BARBERS
“PARTY CRIES” IN IRELAND
THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
HONORED AS A CURIOSITY
FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD
CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS
THE STRANGER’S NARRATIVE
THE KILLING OF JULIUS CAESAR
A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
A MYSTERIOUS VISIT
THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT
THE INVALID’S STORY
ALONZO FITZ AND OTHER STORIES
ON THE DECAY OF THE
ABOUT MAGNANIMOUS-INCIDENT LITERATURE
PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH
THE GREAT REVOLUTION IN PITCAIRN
1601 CONVERSATION, AS IT WAS
1601
WHO WROTE 1601?
THE CANVASSER’S TALE
AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN INTERVIEWER
PARIS NOTES
LEGEND OF SAGENFELD, IN GERMANY
SPEECH ON THE BABIES
SPEECH ON THE WEATHER
CONCERNING THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE —
ROGERS
THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT
The first edition
THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT
II
III
MERRY TALES
LUCK
THE CAPTAIN`S STORY
A CURIOUS EXPERIENCE
MRS.
MEISTERSCHAFT:
ACT II
ACT III
THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS
THE £1,000,000 BANK NOTE AND
The first edition
THE £1,000,000 BANK NOTE
MENTAL TELEGRAPHY
May, ‘78.—Another of those apparently
Part II
Postscript
MENTAL TELEGRAPHY AGAIN
A CURE FOR THE BLUES
THE ENEMY CONQUERED; OR, LOVE
soul—the day is ours.” She
ABOUT ALL KINDS OF SHIPS
PLAYING THE COURIER
PLAYING THE COURIER
untitled
“YOU HAVE THE WORN LOOK”
THE CHICAGO OF EUROPE
A PETITION TO THE QUEEN
A MAJESTIC LITERARY FOSSIL
THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG
THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG
A DOUBLE BARRELED DETECTIVE STORY
A DOUBLE BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY
A DOG’S TALE
The first edition
untitled
CHAPTER I.
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EXTRACTS FROM ADAM’S DIARY
EVE’S DIARY
THE WAR PRAYER
THE WAR PRAYER
THE $30,000 BEQUEST
THE CURIOUS BOOK
Bless me, some people thought
CAPTAIN STORMFIELD’S VISIT TO HEAVEN
The first edition
EXTRACT FROM CAPTAIN STORMFIELD’S VISIT
THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR
A MEMORY
INTRODUCTORY TO “MEMORANDA”
ABOUT SMELLS
A COUPLE OF SAD EXPERIENCES
DAN MURPHY
THE “TOURNAMENT” IN A.
CURIOUS RELIC FOR SALE
A REMINISCENCE OF THE BACK
A ROYAL COMPLIMENT
THE APPROACHING EPIDEMIC
THE TONE-IMPARTING COMMITTEE
OUR PRECIOUS LUNATIC
THE EUROPEAN WARS
THE WILD MAN INTERVIEWED
GOLDSMITH’S FRIEND ABROAD AGAIN
LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN
MARK TWAIN’S LIBRARY OF HUMOR
The rare first edition
TWAIN’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO ‘THE LIBRARY
THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF
THE TOMB OF ADAM
ABELARD AND HELOIS
A GENUINE MEXICAN PLUG
A DAY’S WORK
DICK BAKER’S CAT
A RESTLESS NIGHT
A DOSE OF PAINKILLER
EUROPEAN DIET
EXPERIENCE OF THE MCWILLIAMSES WITH
NEVADA NABOBS IN NEW YORK
THE SIAMESE TWINS
A DOG IN CHURCH
BLUE-JAYS
OUR ITALIAN GUIDE
LOST IN THE SNOW
THE COYOTE
COLONEL SELLERS AT HOME
CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS
HOW I EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL
The Essays and Satires
LIST OF TWAIN’S ESSAYS AND SATIRES
HOW TO TELL A STORY
untitled
HOW TO TELL A STORY
THE WOUNDED SOLDIER.
THE GOLDEN ARM.
A SALUTATION SPEECH FROM THE
THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE
TO THE PERSON SITTING IN
PRIVATE HISTORY OF THE “JUMPING
FENIMORE COOPER’S LITERARY OFFENCES
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
STIRRING TIMES IN AUSTRIA
II.
III.
IV.
CONCERNING THE JEWS
COMMENTS ON THE MORO MASSACRE
CARL SCHURZ, PILOT
TAMING THE BICYCLE
TO MY MISSIONARY CRITICS
KING LEOPOLD’S SOLILOQUY
The first edition
KING LEOPOLD’S SOLILOQUY:
untitled
“A memorial for the perpetuation
untitled
“Imagine the output of the
Now as to the mutilations.
untitled
Mulunba Chief of Cannibal Tribe
Another detail, as we see!
[Harassed and muttering, walks the
untitled
From Photographs, Congo State”The pictures
....
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND
OUGHT KING LEOPOLD TO BE
IN DEFENSE OF HARRIET SHELLEY
ESSAYS ON PAUL BOURGET
A LITTLE NOTE TO M.
WHAT IS MAN?
THE LANDLADY: “Many’s the time
Upon this Lord Penzance commends:
THE UNITED STATES OF LYNCHERDOM
II
LETTERS FROM THE EARTH
Satan’s Letter
Letter II
Letter III
Letter IV
Letter V
Letter VI
Letter VII
Letter VIII
Letter IX
Letter X
Letter XI
The Travel Writing
THE INNOCENTS ABROAD
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The first edition
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPTER XL.
CHAPTER XLI.
CHAPTER XLII.
CHAPTER XLIII.
CHAPTER XLIV.
CHAPTER XLV.
CHAPTER XLVI.
CHAPTER XLVII.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
CHAPTER XLIX.
CHAPTER L.
CHAPTER LI.
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LIII.
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPTER LV.
CHAPTER LVI.
CHAPTER LVII.
CHAPTER LVIII.
CHAPTER LIX.
CHAPTER LX.
CHAPTER LXI.
CONCLUSION
ROUGHING IT
The first edition
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPTER XL.
CHAPTER XLI.
CHAPTER XLII.
CHAPTER XLIII.
CHAPTER XLIV.
CHAPTER XLV.
CHAPTER XLVI.
CHAPTER XLVII.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
CHAPTER XLIX.
CHAPTER L.
CHAPTER LI.
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LIII.
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPTER LV.
CHAPTER LVI.
CHAPTER LVII.
CHAPTER LVIII.
CHAPTER LIX.
CHAPTER LX.
CHAPTER LXI.
CHAPTER LXII.
CHAPTER LXIII.
CHAPTER LXIV.
CHAPTER LXV.
CHAPTER LXVI.
CHAPTER LXVII.
CHAPTER LXVIII.
CHAPTER LXIX.
CHAPTER LXX.
CHAPTER LXXI.
CHAPTER LXXII.
CHAPTER LXXIII.
CHAPTER LXXIV.
CHAPTER LXXV.
CHAPTER LXXVI.
CHAPTER LXXVII.
CHAPTER LXXIII.
CHAPTER LXXIX.
APPENDIX.
A TRAMP ABROAD
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The first edition
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER XLIII
CHAPTER XLIX
CHAPTER XLV
CHAPTER XLVI
CHAPTER XLVII
CHAPTER XLVIII
CHAPTER XLIX
CHAPTER L
APPENDIX
APPENDIX B.
APPENDIX C.
APPENDIX D.
APPENDIX E.
APPENDIX F.
FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR
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CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXVIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPTER XL.
CHAPTER XLI.
CHAPTER XLII.
CHAPTER XLIII.
CHAPTER XLIV.
CHAPTER XLV.
CHAPTER XLVI.
CHAPTER XLVII.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
CHAPTER XLIX.
CHAPTER L.
CHAPTER LI.
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LIII.
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPTER LV.
CHAPTER LVI.
CHAPTER LVII.
CHAPTER LVIII.
CHAPTER LIX.
CHAPTER LX.
CHAPTER LXI.
CHAPTER LXII.
CHAPTER LXIII.
CHAPTER LXIV.
CHAPTER LXV.
CHAPTER LXVI.
CHAPTER LXVII.
CHAPTER LXVIII.
CHAPTER LXIX.
CONCLUSION.
SOME RAMBLING NOTES OF AN IDLE EXCURSION
II.
III.
IV.
The Non-Fiction
OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI
Twain’s beloved Mississippi
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
The first edition
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THE ‘BODY OF THE NATION’
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
untitled
Chapter 60
APPENDIX
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
BOOK I CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
SUMMARY
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CONCLUSION
QUEEN VICTORIA’S JUBILEE
Twain during a procession
QUEEN VICTORIA’S JUBILEE
LONDON, June 22.—I got to
MY PLATONIC SWEETHEART
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MY PLATONIC SWEETHEART
EDITORIAL WILD OATS
My First Literary Venture
The Letters
THE COMPLETE LETTERS OF MARK TWAIN
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
MARK TWAIN—A BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VOLUME II—LETTERS 1867-1875
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
VOLUME III—LETTERS 1876-1885
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
untitled
VOLUME IV—LETTERS 1886-1900
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
XXXI.
XXXII.
XXXIII.
XXXIV.
XXXV.
XXXVI.
XXXVII.
XXXVIII.
XXXIX.
VOLUME V—LETTERS 1901-1906
XL.
XLI.
XLII.
XLIII.
XLIV.
XLV.
VOLUME VI—LETTERS 1907-1910
XLVI.
XLVII.
XLVIII.
A LETTER FROM SANTA CLAUS
The Speeches
THE COMPLETE SPEECHES
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
THE STORY OF A SPEECH
PLYMOUTH ROCK AND THE PILGRIMS
COMPLIMENTS AND DEGREES
BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND HATS
DEDICATION SPEECH
DIE SCHRECKEN DER DEUTSCHEN SPRACHE
GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS
A NEW GERMAN WORD
UNCONSCIOUS PLAGIARISM
THE WEATHER
THE BABIES
OUR CHILDREN AND GREAT DISCOVERIES
EDUCATING THEATRE-GOERS
THE EDUCATIONAL THEATRE
POETS AS POLICEMEN
PUDD’NHEAD WILSON DRAMATIZED
DALY THEATRE
THE DRESS OF CIVILIZED WOMAN
DRESS REFORM AND COPYRIGHT
COLLEGE GIRLS
GIRLS
THE LADIES
WOMAN’S PRESS CLUB
VOTES FOR WOMEN
WOMAN-AN OPINION
ADVICE TO GIRLS
TAXES AND MORALS
TAMMANY AND CROKER
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The Criticism
MARK TWAIN by Archibald Henderson
CONTENTS
PREFACE
“I’ve a theory that every
INTRODUCTORY
THE MAN
THE HUMORIST
THE WORLD-FAMED GENIUS
PHILOSOPHER, MORALIST, SOCIOLOGIST
MARK TWAIN by Brander Matthews
THE AMERICANS by David Christie Murray
MARK TWAIN by Frederick Waddy
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NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLES
OBITUARY
The Biographies
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY By Mark Twain
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CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
PREFATORY NOTE.
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CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY.—XXII.
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW
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MY MARK TWAIN by William Dean Howells’
William Dean Howells
MY MARK TWAIN
MY MARK TWAIN
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
MARK TWAIN A BIOGRAPHY By Albert Bigelow Paine
Twain and Albert Bigelow Paine
CONTENTS
VOLUME I.
PREFATORY NOTE
MARK TWAIN—A BIOGRAPHY
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
XXXI.
XXXII.
XXXIII.
XXXIV.
XXXV.
XXXVI.
XXXVII.
XXXVIII.
XXXIX.
XL.
XLI.
XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS.
XLIII.
XLIV.
XLV.
XLVI.
XLVII.
XLVIII.
XLIX.
L.
LI.
LII.
LIII.
VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875
LV.
LVI.
LVII.
LVIII.
LIX.
LX.
LXI.
LXII.
LXIII.
LXIV.
LXV.
LXVI.
LXVII.
LXVIII.
LXIX.
LXX.
LXXI.
LXXII.THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER.
LXXIII.
LXXIV.
LXXV.
LXXVI.
LXXVII.
LXXVIII.
LXXIX.
LXXX.
LXXXI.
LXXXII.
LXXXIII.
LXXXIV.
LXXXV.
LXXXVI.
LXXXVII.
LXXXVIII.
LXXXIX.
XC.
XCI.
XCII.
XCIII.
XCIV.
XCV.
XCVI.
XCVII.
XCVIII.
XCIX.
C.
CI.
CII.
CIII.
CIV.
VOLUME II, Part 1: 1875-1886
CVI.
CVII.
CVIII.
CIX.
CX.
CXI.
CXII.
CXIII.
CXIV.
CXV.
CXVI.
CXVII.
CXVIII.
CXIX.
CXX.
CXXI.
CXXII.
CXXIII.
CXXIV.
CXXV.
CXXVI.
CXXVII.
CXXVIII.
CXXIX.
CXXX.
CXXXI.
CXXXII.
CXXXIII.
CXXXIV.
CXXXV.
CXXXVI.
CXXXVII.
CXXXVIII.
CXXXIX.
CXL.
CXLI.
CXLII.
CXLIII.
CXLIV.
CXLV.
CXLVI.
CXLVII.
CXLVIII.
CXLIX.
CL.
CLI.
CLII.
CLIII.
CLIV.
CLV.
CLVI.
CLVII.
CLVIII.
CLIX.
CLX.
CLXI.
VOLUME II, Part 2: 1886-1900
CLXIII.
CLXIV.
CLXV.
CLVXI.
CLXVII.
CLXVIII.
CLXIX.
CLXX.
CLXXI.
CLXXII.
CLXXIII.
CLXXIV.
CLXXV.
CLXXVI.
CLXXVII.
CLXXVIII.
CLXXIX.
CLXXX.
CLXXXI.
CLXXXII.
CLXXXIII.
CLXXXIV.
CLXXXV.
CLXXXVI.
CLXXXVII.
CLXXXVIII.
CLXXXIX.
CXC.
CXCI.
CXCII.
CXCIII.
CXCIV.
CXCV.
CXCVI.
CXCVII.
CXCVIII.
CXCIX.
CC.
CCI.
CCII.
CCIII.
CCIV.
CCV.
CCVI.
CCVII.
CCVIII.
CCIX.
CCX.
CCXI.
VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907
CCXIII.
CCXIV.
CCXV.
CCXVI.
CCXVII.
CCXVIII.
CCXIX.
CCXX.
CCXXI.
CCXXII.
CCXXIII.
CCXXIV.
CCXXV.
CCXXVI.
CCXXVII.
CCXXVIII.
CCXXXIX.
CCXXX.
CCXXXI.
CCXXXII.
CCXXXIII.
CCXXXIV.
CCXXXV.
CCXXXVI.
CCXXXVII.
CCXXXVIII.
CCXXXIX.
CCXL.
CCXLI.
CCXLII.
CCXLIII.
CCXLIV.
CCXLV.
CCXLVI.
CCXLVI.
CCXLVIII.
CCXLIX.
CCL.
CCLI.
CCLII.
CCLIII.
CCLIV.
CCLV.
VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910
CCLVI.
CCLVII.
CCLVIII.
CCLIX.
CCLX.
CCLXI.
CCLXII.
CCLXIII.
CCLXIV.
CCLXV.
CCLXVI.
CCLXVII.
CCLXVIII.
CCLXIX.
CCLXX.
CCLXXI.
CCLXXII.
CCLXXIII.
CCLXIV.
CCLXV.
CCLXXVI.
CCLXXVII.
CCLXXVIII.
CCLXXIX.
CCLXXX.
CCLXXXI.
CCLXXXII.
CCLXXXIII.
CCLXXXIV.
CCLXXXV.
CCLXXXVI.
CCLXXVII.
CCLXXXVIII.
CCLXXXIX.
CCXC.
CCXCI.
CCXCII.
CCXCIII.
CCXCIV.
CCXCV.
CCXCVI.
APPENDIX A
LETTER FROM ORION CLEMENS TO
APPENDIX B
MARK TWAIN’S BURLESQUE OF CAPTAIN
APPENDIX C.
APPENDIX D
FROM MARK TWAIN’S FIRST LECTURE,
NOTICE OF MARK TWAIN’S LECTURE
THE TROUBLE IS OVER”
APPENDIX E
FROM “THE JUMPING FROG” BOOK
III.
APPENDIX F
THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (See Chapter
APPENDIX G
MARK TWAIN AT THE CORRESPONDENTS
APPENDIX H
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LECTURE OF JULY
APPENDIX I.
APPENDIX J
APPENDIX K
A SUBSTITUTE FOR RULOFF HAVE
APPENDIX L.
APPENDIX M
APPENDIX N
MARK TWAIN AND COPYRIGHT
CIRCULAR TO AMERICAN AUTHORS AND
II.
APPENDIX O
APPENDIX P
THE ADAM MONUMENT PETITION
APPENDIX Q
GENERAL GRANT’S GRAMMAR
APPENDIX R
PARTY ALLEGIANCE.
APPENDIX S
ORIGINAL PREFACE FOR “A CONNECTICUT
APPENDIX T
A TRIBUTE TO HENRY H.
APPENDIX U
FROM MARK TWAIN’S LAST POEM
APPENDIX V.
APPENDIX W
LITTLE BESSIE WOULD ASSIST PROVIDENCE
Notes for the Jumping Frog
THE BOYS’ LIFE OF MARK TWAIN By Albert Bigelow Paine
THE BOY’S LIFE OF MARK
PREFACE
I.
II.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX
XXX.
XXXI.
XXXII.
XXXIII.
XXXIV.
XXXV.
XXXVI.
XXXVIII.
XXXIX.
XLI.
XLII
XLIII
XLIV.
XLVI.
XLVII
XLVIII.
XLIX.
L.
LII.
LIII.
LIV.
LV.
LVI.
LVII.
LVIII.
LIX.
LX.
LXI.
LXII
LXIII.
LXIV.
LXV.
LXVI
LXVII
LXVIII
LXIX.
LXX.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County,
Twain’s grave – Woodlawn Cemetery,
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