Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 2, credited to Albert Bigelow Paine, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 2 by Albert Bigelow Paine. Read in English by John Greenman Until recently, this work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. This recording of Paine's exhaustive biography covers Twain's personal and literary life in detail, heretofore unapproached. - Summary by John Greenman and Wikipedia

Recording facts

• Recording title: Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 2
• Author credits: Albert Bigelow Paine
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 107
• Listed recording duration: 21:57:34

Catalogue topics

• twain
• mark
• clemens
• samuel
• biography

Opening tracks: first 24 of 107

1. 001 - VOLUME II, Part 1: 1875-1886 - CV. MARK TWAIN AT FORTY — 13:11
2. 002 - CVI. HIS FIRST STAGE APPEARANCE — 5:50
3. 003 - CVII. HOWELLS, CLEMENS, AND “GEORGE” — 9:30
4. 004 - CVIII. SUMMER LABORS AT QUARRY FARM — 13:20
5. 005 - CIX. THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE OF “TOM SAWYER” — 8:22
6. 006 - CX. MARK TWAIN AND BRET HARTE WRITE A PLAY — 8:04
7. 007 - CXI. A BERMUDA HOLIDAY — 8:19
8. 008 - CXII. A NEW PLAY AND A NEW TALE — 7:59
9. 009 - CXIII. TWO DOMESTIC DRAMAS — 8:04
10. 010 - CXIV. THE WHITTIER BIRTHDAY SPEECH — 18:56
11. 011 - CXV. HARTFORD AND BILLIARDS — 11:39
12. 012 - CXVI. OFF FOR GERMANY — 6:47
13. 013 - CXVII. GERMANY AND GERMAN — 19:18
14. 014 - CXVIII. TRAMPING WITH TWICHELL — 17:33
15. 015 - CXIX. ITALIAN DAYS — 12:15
16. 016 - CXX. IN MUNICH — 8:13
17. 017 - CXXI. PARIS, ENGLAND, AND HOMEWARD BOUND — 20:09
18. 018 - CXXII. AN INTERLUDE — 6:06
19. 019 - CXXIII. THE GRANT SPEECH OF 1879 — 15:05
20. 020 - CXXIV. ANOTHER “ATLANTIC” SPEECH — 9:53
21. 021 - CXXV. THE QUIETER THINGS OF HOME — 8:46
22. CXXVI. ''A TRAMP ABROAD'' — 17:48
23. 023 - CXXVII. LETTERS, TALES, AND PLANS — 15:21
24. 024 - CXXVIII. MARK TWAIN’s ABSENT-MINDEDNESS — 8:26

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