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Autobiography of Mark Twain READER'S EDITION Now Available! Half the Size, All the Twain! ISBN 978052027255 "I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away--to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion--to "talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment"--meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be "dead, and unaware, and indifferent," and that he was therefore free to speak his "whole frank mind." The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press is proud to offer for the first time Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left it. This major literary event brings to readers, admirers, and scholars the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. Editors: Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick

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ISBN : 9780520267190
BY (AUTHOR) Twain, Mark, EDITED BY Fischer, Victor, EDITED BY Frank, Michael B., EDITED BY Goetz, Sharon K., EDITED BY Griffin, Benjamin, EDITED BY Myrick, Leslie Diane, EDITED BY Salamo, Lin
PUBLISHER : University of California Press	PUBLICATION DATE : October 15, 2010
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States	IMPRINT : University of California Press
LANGUAGE : English	AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Hardback

DIMENSION : 254 mm x 178 mm
WEIGHT : 1860 g
SERIES : Mark Twain Papers
SERIES PART: 10

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies

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