Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1

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Albert Bigelow Paine 1912
English
  • INTRODUCTION - VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866
  • I. ANCESTORS
  • II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS
  • III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE
  • IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY
  • V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE
  • VI. A NEW HOME
  • VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL
  • VIII. THE FARM
  • IX. SCHOOL-DAYS
  • X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW
  • XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION
  • XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND
  • XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE
  • XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS
  • XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN
  • XVI. THE TURNING-POINT
  • XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”
  • XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE
  • XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN
  • XX. KEOKUK DAYS
  • XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE
  • XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER
  • XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE
  • XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM
  • XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE
  • XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”
  • XXVII. THE PILOT
  • XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY
  • XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING
  • XXX. THE SOLDIER
  • XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
  • XXXII. THE PIONEER
  • XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR
  • XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  • XXXV. THE MINER
  • XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS
  • XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE
  • XXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF”
  • XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY
  • XL. “MARK TWAIN”
  • XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR
  • XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS
  • XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD
  • XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”
  • XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL
  • XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO
  • XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS
  • XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS
  • XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG
  • L. BACK TO THE TUMULT
  • LI. THE CORNER-STONE
  • LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
  • LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER
  • VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV. THE LECTURER
  • LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY
  • LVI. BACK TO THE STATES
  • LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS
  • LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE
  • LIX. THE FIRST BOOK
  • LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA
  • LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD
  • LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS
  • LXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION
  • LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON
  • LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR.
  • LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO
  • LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA
  • LXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELL
  • LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR
  • LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME—AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD”
  • LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL
  • LXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER
  • LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS
  • LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY
  • LXXV. AS TO DESTINY
  • LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS”
  • LXXVII. THE “GALAXY”
  • LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH
  • LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY
  • LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS
  • LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS
  • LXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT”
  • LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS
  • LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT”
  • LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE
  • LXXXVI. ENGLAND
  • LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN
  • LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE”
  • LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME
  • XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY
  • XCI. A LONDON LECTURE
  • XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS
  • XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS
  • XCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER”
  • XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAY
  • XCVI. THE NEW HOME
  • XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON
  • XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI”
  • XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH
  • C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC.
  • CI. CONCLUDING “TOM SAWYER”—MARK TWAIN’s “EDITORS”
  • CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD”
  • CIII. "ATLANTIC” DAYS
  • CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE
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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