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| Gênero/Forma: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Pessoa Denominada: | Mark Twain; Mark Twain |
| Tipo de Material: | Biografia |
| Tipo de Documento: | Livro |
| Todos os Autores / Contribuintes: |
Mark Twain; Harriet Elinor Smith; Benjamin Griffin; et al |
| ISBN: | 9780520267190 0520267192 |
| Número OCLC: | 472790247 |
| Notas: | "A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library." |
| Descrição: | v. <1> : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Conteúdos: | v. 1. Preliminary manuscripts and dictations, 1870-1905 -- Autobiography of Mark Twain -- Explanatory notes -- Appendixes: Samuel L. Clemens, a brief chronology -- Family biographies -- Speech at the seventieth birthday dinner, 5 December 1905 -- Speech at the Players, 3 January 1906 -- Previous Publication -- Note on the text -- Word division in this volume -- References -- Index. |
| Outros Títulos: | Autobiography Mark Twain |
| Responsabilidade: | Harriet Elinor Smith, editor ; associate editors, Benjamin Griffin ... [et al.]. |
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"Sometimes the autobiography seems Twain's letter to posterity. At other times, reading it feels like eavesdropping on a conversation he is having with himself... This first installment of Twain's autobiography brings us closer to all of him than we have ever come before."--New York Review of Books "Dip into the first enormous volume of Twain's autobiography that he had decreed should not appear until 100 years after his death. And Twain will begin to seem strange again, alluring and still astonishing, but less sure-footed, and at times both puzzled and puzzling in ways that still resonate with us, though not the ways we might expect."--New York Times "This is a book for dipping, not plunging. Read, as Twain might put it, until interest pales, and then jump. It feels like a form of time travel."--New York Times/The Opinion Pages "Twain generously provides the 21st century aficionado a marvelous read. His crystalline humor and expansive range are a continuous source of delight and awe... [He] has given us 'an astonishment' in his autobiography with his final, beautifully unorganized genius and intemperate thoughts. Pull up a chair and revel."--Los Angeles Times Book Review "Promises a no-holds barred perspective on Twain's life, and will be rich with rambunctious, uncompromising opinions."--Herald Scotland Ler mais...
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