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
VOLUME II, Part 1: 1875-1886 - CV. MARK TWAIN AT FORTYCVI. HIS FIRST STAGE APPEARANCECVII. HOWELLS, CLEMENS, AND “GEORGE”CVIII. SUMMER LABORS AT QUARRY FARMCIX. THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE OF “TOM SAWYER”CX. MARK TWAIN AND BRET HARTE WRITE A PLAYCXI. A BERMUDA HOLIDAYCXII. A NEW PLAY AND A NEW TALECXIII. TWO DOMESTIC DRAMASCXIV. THE WHITTIER BIRTHDAY SPEECHCXV. HARTFORD AND BILLIARDSCXVI. OFF FOR GERMANYCXVII. GERMANY AND GERMANCXVIII. TRAMPING WITH TWICHELLCXIX. ITALIAN DAYSCXX. IN MUNICHCXXI. PARIS, ENGLAND, AND HOMEWARD BOUNDCXXII. AN INTERLUDECXXIII. THE GRANT SPEECH OF 1879CXXIV. ANOTHER “ATLANTIC” SPEECHCXXV. THE QUIETER THINGS OF HOMECXXVI. "A TRAMP ABROAD”CXXVII. LETTERS, TALES, AND PLANSCXXVIII. MARK TWAIN’s ABSENT-MINDEDNESSCXXIX. FURTHER AFFAIRS AT THE FARMCXXX. COPYRIGHT AND OTHER FANCIESCXXXI. WORKING FOR GARFIELDCXXXII. A NEW PUBLISHERCXXXIII. THE THREE FIRES—SOME BENEFACTIONSCXXXIV. LITERARY PROJECTS AND A MONUMENT TO ADAMCXXXV. A TRIP WITH SHERMAN AND AN INTERVIEW WITH GRANTCXXXVI. "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER”CXXXVII. CERTAIN ATTACKS AND REPRISALSCXXXVIII. MANY UNDERTAKINGSCXXXIX. FINANCIAL AND LITERARYCXL. DOWN THE RIVERCXLI. LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHYCXLII. ''LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI''CXLIII. A GUEST OF ROYALTYCXLIV. A SUMMER LITERARY HARVESTCXLV. HOWELLS AND CLEMENS WRITE A PLAYCXLVI. DISTINGUISHED VISITORSCXLVII. THE FORTUNES OF A PLAYCXLVIII. CABLE AND HIS GREAT JOKECXLIX. MARK TWAIN IN BUSINESSCL. FARM PICTURESCLI. MARK TWAIN MUGWUMPSCLII. PLATFORMING WITH CABLECLIII. HUCK FINN COMES INTO HIS OWNCLIV. THE MEMOIRS OF GENERAL GRANTCLV. DAYS WITH A DYING HEROCLVI. THE CLOSE OF A GREAT CAREERCLVII. MINOR MATTERS OF A GREAT YEARCLVIII. MARK TWAIN AT FIFTYCLIX. THE LIFE OF THE POPECLX. A GREAT PUBLISHER AT HOMECLXI. HISTORY: MAINLY BY SUSYVOLUME II, Part 2: 1886-1900 - CLXII. BROWNING, MEREDITH, AND MEISTERSCHAFTCLXIII. LETTER TO THE QUEEN OF ENGLANDCLXIV. SOME FURTHER ACCOUNT OF CHARLES L WEBSTER & CO.CLXV. LETTERS, VISITS, AND VISITORSCLXVI. A “PLAYER” AND A MASTER OF ARTSCLXVII. NOTES AND LITERARY MATTERSCLXVIII. INTRODUCING NYE AND RILEY AND OTHERSCLXIX. THE COMING OF KIPLINGCLXX. ''THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER'' ON THE STAGECLXXI. ''A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT''CLXXII. THE ''YANKEE'' IN ENGLANDCLXXIII. A SUMMER AT ONTEORACLXXIV. THE MACHINECLXXV. ''THE CLAIMANT''—LEAVING HARTFORDCLXXVI. A EUROPEAN SUMMERCLXXVII. KORNERSTRASSE,7CLXXVIII. A WINTER IN BERLINCLXXIX. A DINNER WITH WILLIAM IICLXXX. MANY WANDERINGSCLXXXI. NAUHEIM AND THE PRINCE OF WALESCLXXXII. THE VILLA VIVIANICLXXXIII. THE SIEUR DE CONTE AND JOANCLXXXIV. NEW HOPE IN THE MACHINECLXXXV. AN INTRODUCTION TO H. RODGERSCLXXXVI. ''THE BELLE OF NEW YORK''CLXXXVII. SOME LITERARY MATTERSCLXXXVIII. FAILURECLXXXIX. AN EVENTFUL YEAR ENDSCXC. STARTING ON THE LONG TRAILCXCI. CLEMENS ILL IN ELMIRA WITH A DISTRESSING CARBUNCLECXCII. ''FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR''CXCIII. THE PASSING OF SUSYCXCIV. WINTER IN TEDWORTH SQUARECXCV. ''PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC''CXCVI. MR. ROGERS AND HELEN KELLERCXCVII. FINISHING THE BOOK OF TRAVELCXCVIII. A SUMMER IN SWITZERLANDCXCIX. WINTER IN VIENNACC. MARK TWAIN PAYS HIS DEBTSCCI. SOCIAL LIFE IN VIENNACCII. LITERARY WORK IN VIENNACCIII. AN IMPERIAL TRAGEDYCCIV. THE SECOND WINTER IN VIENNACCV. SPEECHES THAT WERE NOT MADECCVI. A SUMMER IN SWEDENCCVII. 30, WELLINGTON COURTCCVIII. MARK TWAIN AND THE WARSCCIX. PLASMON, AND A NEW MAGAZINECCX. LONDON SOCIAL AFFAIRSCCXI. DOLLIS HILL AND HOME
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