The Autobiography of Mark Twain (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
- First Published: 1924
- Time of Work: 1873–1909
- Setting: Missouri, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, California, Italy, and the Mississippi River
- Principal Characters: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Olivia Langdon Clemens, Clara Clemens, Susy Clemens, Charles Webster, Bret Harte
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Autobiography, Writing, Lectures or lecturing, Humorists
- Locales: California, Connecticut, New York, Italy, New Hampshire, Missouri, Mississippi River
Form and Content
In The Autobiography of Mark Twain, the famous American author Twain presents young readers with biographical information about his life, insight into how an author thinks and writes, and a description of a young and optimistic United States. The book uses anecdotic forms of recollections to document Twain’s life and shows the influence of a developing nation on this author as well as his influence on the nation. Editor Charles Neider’s 1959 revised edition of Twain’s autobiography contains seventy-nine chapters written by Twain during his earlier...
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