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Tags: Autobiography, Non-Fiction, Lang:en
Summary
"I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a
1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away-to you. You
will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to
dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts
and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right)
Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion-to
"talk only about the thing which interests you for the
moment"-meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict
instruction that these texts remain unpublished for 100 years
meant that when they came out, he would be "dead, and unaware,
and indifferent" and therefore free to speak his "whole frank
mind." The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain's
death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of
the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC
Press is proud to offer for the first time Mark Twain's
uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left
it. This major literary event brings to readers, admirers, and
scholars the first of three essential volumes and presents Mark
Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor,
ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he
intended.