Project Gutenberg 2004-09-19 Public domain in the USA. 296 Twain, Mark 1835 1910 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) Paine, Albert Bigelow 1861 1937 Mark Twain's Letters — Complete (1853-1910) Produced by David Widger "Mark Twain's Letters — Complete (1853-1910)" by Mark Twain is a collection of personal correspondence spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through these letters, readers gain insight into the life, thoughts, and character of one of America's most iconic authors. The letters are a reflection of Twain's experiences, humor, and philosophical musings, detailing his evolution from a young printer to a celebrated humorist and social commentator. At the start of the book, Twain’s early letters reveal a youthful and ambitious Samuel Clemens, who is just beginning to navigate the world away from his small-town beginnings. The opening portion includes a fragment of a letter to his sister Pamela from the summer of 1853, where he details a visit to the Great Exhibition in New York, expressing wonder at the spectacle of the event while also reflecting on his family's circumstances. He writes with a mix of earnestness and youthful bravado, painting a portrait of a young man filled with dreams and aspirations as he embarks on a journey that will shape his literary career. The early letters capture both the excitement of Twain's adventures and the familial bonds that informed his character, setting the stage for a lifetime of rich and varied correspondence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Correspondence Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature 40016 40015 2024-10-02T06:39:09.891305 2023-10-02T06:12:27.168323 text/html text/html 36784 2021-01-27T09:41:29 text/html; charset=utf-8 10792 2021-01-27T09:41:29 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 99784 2024-10-02T06:39:15.714254 application/epub+zip 98564 2024-10-02T06:39:13.340277 application/epub+zip 77775 2024-10-02T06:39:12.076305 application/epub+zip 245014 2024-10-02T06:39:17.303228 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238047 2024-10-02T06:39:14.928267 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206297 2022-09-02T08:00:06.807346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1672051 1672044 2024-10-02T06:39:09.460281 2023-10-02T06:12:26.958344 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1671981 2021-01-08T17:43:19 text/plain; charset=utf-8 639265 2021-01-08T17:43:19 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20870 2024-10-02T06:39:17.430234 application/rdf+xml 19344 2024-10-02T06:39:12.636244 image/jpeg 4109 2024-10-02T06:39:12.361299 image/jpeg 99049 2024-10-02T06:39:09.896296 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia