Mark Twain's Letters, Volume I (in Two Volumes): Arranged with Comment by Albert Bigelow Pain

by Mark Twain, Albert B Paine (Other)

Overview

"Nowhere is the human being more truly revealed than in his letters. Not in literary letters-prepared with care, and the thought of possible publication-but in those letters wrought out of the press of circumstances, and with no idea of print in mind."

-Albert Bigelow Paine, Foreword, Mark Twain's Letters (1917)

Mark Twain's Letters (in two volumes) is a collection of letters by Mark Twain, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937), Twain's literary estate agent and biographer, and published posthumously in 1917.

These letters offer us a glimpse into the character of Mark Twain and show us the background to his books. These letters are a must for anyone interested in one of America's greatest writers, Mark Twain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646793709
Publisher:	Cosimo Classics
Publication date:	01/01/1917
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.03(d)

About the Author

MARK TWAIN (1835-1910), pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer who became one of America's greatest and most popular writers. Twain was born in Florida, Missouri, and grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, the state which influenced much of his writing. Twain acquired fame for his travel stories such as Life on the Mississippi (1883), and for his boyhood adventure novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut