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This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…

Twain and Howells On Each Other

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William Dean Howells and Mark Twain

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and William Dean Howells were friends for 44 years. Their personal and professional relationship is considered b…

The Death Disk

Read by John Greenman

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's "Death Disk" was inspired by the historical account of the execution of Colonel John Poyer of Pembroke, Wales on Apri…

Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch

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William M. Clemens

As far as anyone has been able to establish, Will Clemens was NOT related to Sam Clemens (Mark Twain), though they did become acquaintances.…

Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Four (1900-1906)

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Mark Twain

This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…

The Complete Works of George Savile, first Marquess of Halifax, with an Introdu…

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George Savile Marquis Of Halifax

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695) was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the Hou…

Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Two (1880-1889)

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Mark Twain

This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…

In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace

Read by John Schuurman

H. G. Wells

In the Fourth Year is a collection H.G. Wells assembled in the spring of 1918 from essays he had recently published discussing the problem o…

Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865

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Ward Hill Lamon

Abraham Lincoln came to the presidency under a heavy shroud of uncertainty, not only about his threatened life but, of course, the very exis…

Mark Twain and the Happy Island

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Elizabeth Wallace

This Mark Twain Memoir by Elizabeth Wallace paints an idyllic portrait of his time in Bermuda, not long before his death in 1910. Wallace an…

Society as I Have Found It

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Ward Mcallister

Mark Twain illustrator Dan Beard recalled discussing McAllister’s book with Twain. “It was before Webster & Company failed that Ward McA…

Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Five (1907-1909)

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Mark Twain

This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…

Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Seven (1920-1924)

Read by John Greenman

Mark Twain

This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…

The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2)

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Van Wyck Brooks

The Ordeal of Mark Twain analyzes the literary progression of Samuel L. Clemens and attributes shortcomings to Clemens' mother and wife. The…

The Nature and Authority of Conscience

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Rufus Jones

Rufus Matthew Jones (January 25, 1863 – June 16, 1948) was an American religious leader, writer, magazine editor, philosopher, and college p…

Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Six (1910-1919)

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Mark Twain

This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…

The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey

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George Cavendish

Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic bishop. His appointment as a cardinal by Pope Leo X in 1515 gave him precedence over all…

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