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The Boys Life of Mark Twain

Gelesen von John Greenman

(4,867 Sterne; 83 Bewertungen)

Albert Bigelow Paine was Samuel Langhorne Clemens' (Mark Twain's) biographer. He lived with Twain, collecting ideas and material for a biography, for a few years before Twain's death in 1910. Six years later Paine published this "story of a man who made the world laugh and love him".

For those who have read or listened to Mark Twain's works, Paine's work is an invaluable resource to better understand Twain, the stories behind his stories and his life with those he loved and with whom he worked. (Summary by John Greenman) (8 hr 50 min)

Chapters

00 - Preface

1:08

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01 - The Family of John Clemens

8:19

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02 - The New Home and Uncle Quarel's Farm

8:18

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03 - School

5:59

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04 - Education Out of School

13:11

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05 - Tom Sawyer and his Band

18:47

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06 - Closing School-Days

8:44

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07 - The Apprentice

6:56

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08 - Orion's Paper

6:45

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09 - The Open Road

12:51

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10 - A Wind of Change

8:47

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11 - The Long Way to the Amazon

6:27

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12 - Renewing an Old Ambition

7:43

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13 - Learning the River

11:56

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14 - River Days

13:27

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15 - The Wreck of the 'Pennsylvania'

4:01

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16 - The Pilot

9:37

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17 - The End of Piloting

4:10

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18 - The Soldier

8:00

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19 - The Pioneer

6:31

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20 - The Miner

18:16

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21 - The Territorial Enterprise

7:05

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22 - 'Mark Twain'

7:06

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23 - Artemus Ward and Literary San Francisco

10:30

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24 - The Discovery of 'The Jumping Frog'

10:50

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25 - Hawaii and Anson Burlingame

7:10

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26 - Mark Twain, Lecturer

15:04

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27 - An Innocent Abroad, and Home Again

8:49

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28 - Olivia Langdon. Work on the 'Innocents'

6:27

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29 - The Visit to Elmira and its Consequences

6:42

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30 - The New Book and a Wedding

6:25

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31 - Mark Twain in Buffalo

5:58

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32 - At Work on 'Roughing It'

4:51

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33 - In England

4:25

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34 - A New Book and New English Triumphs

6:54

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35 - Beginning 'Tom Sawyer'

4:26

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36 - The New Home

4:10

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37 - 'Old Times', 'Sketches' and 'Tom Sawyer'

6:15

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38 - Home Pictures

4:59

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39 - Tramping Abroad

11:01

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40 - 'The Prince and the Pauper'

4:58

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41 - General Grant at Hartford

5:08

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42 - Many Investments

5:35

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43 - Back to the River with Bixby

4:30

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44 - A Reading-Tour with Cable

6:06

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45 - 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'

3:30

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46 - Pubisher to General Grant

4:56

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47 - The High-Tide of Fortune

4:28

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48 - Business Difficulties. Pleasanter Things

15:19

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49 - Kipling at Elmyra. Elsie Leslie. 'The Yankee'

9:26

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50 - The Machine. Good-by to Hartford. 'Joan' Is Begun

14:54

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51 - The Failure of Webster & Co. Around the World. Sorrow

13:20

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52 - European Economies

6:09

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53 - Mark Twain Pays His Debts

5:50

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54 - Return After Exile

3:57

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55 - A Prophet at Home

5:46

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56 - Honored by Missouri

6:29

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57 - The Close of a Beautiful Life

6:56

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58 - Mark Twain at Seventy

10:08

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59 - Mark Twain Arranges for his Biography

9:43

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60 - Working With Mark Twain

7:03

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61 - Dictation at Dublin, N.H.

4:28

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62 - A New Era of Billiards

5:59

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63 - Living With Mark Twain

5:03

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64 - A Degree from Oxford

3:39

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65 - The Removal to Redding

6:26

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66 - Life at Stormfield

5:52

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67 - The Death of Jean

3:23

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68 - Days in Bermuda

5:27

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69 - The Return to Redding

3:22

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70 - The Close of a Great Life

3:56

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Bewertungen

I agree with Starlite's review

(5 Sterne)

Great reading by Librivox's Mark Twain master, John Greenman. I believe I will listen to it again. Nov. 2019- And I did!

I felt like I knew, and then lost a friend. a great story!

(5 Sterne)

(5 Sterne)

Outstanding! Mr. Bigelow's words, through the medium of Mr. Greenman, make this biography one the greatest of all time. It may be the best audio book ever made - I consider it as such.

(5 Sterne)

superb job by Mr. Greenman.Thank you sir.

Amazing Story of Mark Twain

(5 Sterne)

If you haven't listened to any of Mark Twain's books, I highly recommend you do before listening to this. It is absolutely an amazing story and explains where all of Twain's Characters come from. You will find yourself thoroughly entangled in Twain's life as you listen to LibriVox's 'Voice of Mark Twain' John Greenman tell your this story. You will laugh and you will cry. I wish I could give this more then 5 stars!!!

Great Book

(4 Sterne)

This was a terrific book, made all the better by John Greenman's amazing narration. I frequently found myself forgetting that this was being narrated, so convinced was I by the way the reader took on the role. I feel inspired to listen to more books by Mark Twain, now that I've become acquainted with him. I never realised how popular he was or how remarkable. And I'll be looking out for more books by Albert Paine too.

A great biography of a great man

(5 Sterne)

This is the best biography I have ever read. Both the writer and the reader have Mr Clemens such a true representation that I resent death for putting a stop to it all.

what a revelation

(5 Sterne)

What a minemof information about the life and times of Mark Twain...absolutely brilliant. The reading is also second to none - great use of voices etc.