Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1
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Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1

Albert Bigelow Paine

2026

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Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1 by Albert Bigelow Paine. A LibriVox public-domain recording, lovingly kept in the Eratone library.

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  1. 1INTRODUCTION - VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-18664m
  2. 2I. ANCESTORS8m
  3. 3II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS10m
  4. 4III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE9m
  5. 5IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY11m
  6. 6V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE5m
  7. 7VI. A NEW HOME7m
  8. 8VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL11m
  9. 9VIII. THE FARM9m
  10. 10IX. SCHOOL-DAYS12m
  11. 11X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW11m
  12. 12XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION22m
  13. 13XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND23m
  14. 14XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE9m
  15. 15XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS4m
  16. 16XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN15m
  17. 17XVI. THE TURNING-POINT5m
  18. 18XVII. THE HANNIBAL “JOURNAL”11m
  19. 19XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE11m
  20. 20XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN24m
  21. 21XX. KEOKUK DAYS21m
  22. 22XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE9m
  23. 23XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER10m
  24. 24XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE17m
  25. 25XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM11m
  26. 26XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE16m
  27. 27XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE “PENNSYLVANIA”14m
  28. 28XXVII. THE PILOT15m
  29. 29XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY26m
  30. 30XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING6m
  31. 31XXX. THE SOLDIER14m
  32. 32XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY8m
  33. 33XXXII. THE PIONEER19m
  34. 34XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR13m
  35. 35XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS13m
  36. 36XXXV. THE MINER19m
  37. 37XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS11m
  38. 38XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE11m
  39. 39XXXVIII. ONE OF THE “STAFF”15m
  40. 40XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY6m
  41. 41XL. “MARK TWAIN”10m
  42. 42XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR18m
  43. 43XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS14m
  44. 44XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD11m
  45. 45XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE “THIRD HOUSE”14m
  46. 46XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL9m
  47. 47XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO9m
  48. 48XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS15m
  49. 49XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS13m
  50. 50XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG9m
  51. 51L. BACK TO THE TUMULT6m
  52. 52LI. THE CORNER-STONE9m
  53. 53LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS10m
  54. 54LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE “HORNET” DISASTER13m
  55. 55VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV. THE LECTURER11m
  56. 56LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY15m
  57. 57LVI. BACK TO THE STATES9m
  58. 58LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS8m
  59. 59LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE15m
  60. 60LIX. THE FIRST BOOK14m
  61. 61LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA17m
  62. 62LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD18m
  63. 63LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS18m
  64. 64LXIII. IN WASHINGTON—A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION16m
  65. 65LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON9m
  66. 66LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR.13m
  67. 67LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO11m
  68. 68LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA6m
  69. 69LXVIII. THE REV. “JOE” TWICHELL7m
  70. 70LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR8m
  71. 71LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME—AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD”12m
  72. 72LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL7m
  73. 73LXXII. THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER11m
  74. 74LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS4m
  75. 75LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY14m
  76. 76LXXV. AS TO DESTINY2m
  77. 77LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO “EXPRESS”12m
  78. 78LXXVII. THE “GALAXY”14m
  79. 79LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH14m
  80. 80LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY11m
  81. 81LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS17m
  82. 82LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS15m
  83. 83LXXXII. THE WRITING OF “ROUGHING IT”21m
  84. 84LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS21m
  85. 85LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT”10m
  86. 86LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE10m
  87. 87LXXXVI. ENGLAND9m
  88. 88LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN26m
  89. 89LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE”14m
  90. 90LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME4m
  91. 91XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY21m
  92. 92XCI. A LONDON LECTURE11m
  93. 93XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS14m
  94. 94XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS9m
  95. 95XCIV. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER”21m
  96. 96XCV. AN “ATLANTIC” STORY AND A PLAY15m
  97. 97XCVI. THE NEW HOME13m
  98. 98XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON10m
  99. 99XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI”9m
  100. 100XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH10m
  101. 101C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC.20m
  102. 102CI. CONCLUDING “TOM SAWYER”—MARK TWAIN’s “EDITORS”7m
  103. 103CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD”9m
  104. 104CIII. "ATLANTIC” DAYS8m
  105. 105CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE13m
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