Autobiography of Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Autobiography of Mark Twain (1907) is a collection of autobiographical writings, dictated towards the end of his life. It reflects on 74 years of fame, hard work, and adventure, and is considered a masterpiece of literary nonfiction. Twain focuses on small events, unremarkable encounters, and marginalia to dispel the myth of the writer as a man of fortune and mysterious talent. The edition is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Format: Hardback
Length: 462 pages
Publication date: 15 February 2022
Publisher: West Margin Press

Mark Twain's Autobiography (1907) is a compilation of autobiographical writings by the American humorist. Dictated towards the end of his life, the Autobiography of Mark Twain is a series of brief reflections on 74 years of fame, hard work, and adventure by an icon of American literature. Originally serialized in the North American Review, the United States' oldest literary magazine, the Autobiography of Mark Twain has gone through countless editions in the century after Twain's death, and is considered a masterpiece of literary nonfiction.

"I intend that this autobiography shall become a model for all future autobiographies when it is published [...] because of its form and method—a form and method whereby the past and the present are constantly brought face to face, resulting in contrasts which newly fire up the interest all along, like contact of flint with steel." Focusing on the small events, unremarkable encounters, and marginalia that make a life both common and particular, Mark Twain envisions a model of autobiography capable of dispelling the myth of the writer as a man of fortune and mysterious talent. Capturing episodes from his youth and the early stages of his writing career, reflecting on the importance of his wife Olivia and daughter Susy, and describing the influence of labor on his philosophy of life, Twain invites his reader to recognize him not just as Samuel Clemens, his birth name, but as a man who lived and worked and triumphed and suffered alongside others, as a man whose success was a testament to the power of community. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Mark Twain's Autobiography of Mark Twain is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Weight: 586g
Dimension: 133 x 211 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781513134581