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The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2)

Name: The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2)
Author: Van Wyck Brooks

Van Wyck Brooks

Read by John Greenman · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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I. INTRODUCTORY: MARK TWAIN'S DESPAIR (1:02:03)
II. THE CANDIDATE FOR LIFE (1:03:14)
III. THE GILDED AGE (53:15)
IV. IN THE CRUCIBLE (1:05:40)
V. THE CANDIDATE FOR GENTILITY (1:10:00)
VI. EVERYBODY'S NEIGHBOR (49:52)
VII. THE PLAYBOY IN LETTERS (1:12:39)
VIII. THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS (49:04)
IX. MARK TWAIN'S HUMOR (54:13)
X. LET SOMEBODY ELSE BEGIN (1:03:57)
XI. MUSTERED OUT (59:09)