This work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain for over a hundred years. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861, April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. These recordings of Paine's exhaustive biography cover Twain's personal and literary life in detail, heretofore, unapproached. The published work is divided into 7 sections, on three separate recordings:
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1 VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907 CCXII. THE RETURN OF THE CONQUEROR 22 min 2 CCXIII. MARK TWAIN, GENERAL SPOKESMAN 16 min 3 CCXIV. MARK TWAIN AND THE MISSIONARIES 25 min 4 CCXV. SUMMER AT "THE LAIR" 17 min 5 CCXVI. RIVERDALE, A YALE DEGREE 8 min 6 CCXVII. MARK TWAIN IN POLITICS 9 min 7 CCXVIII. NEW INTERESTS AND INVESTMENTS 17 min 8 CCXIX. YACHTING AND THEOLOGY 22 min 9 CCXX. MARK TWAIN AND THE PHILIPPINES 6 min 10 CCXXI. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE 14 min 11 CCXXII. A PROPHET HONORED IN HIS COUNTRY 8 min 12 CCXXIII. AT YORK HARBOR 13 min 13 CCXXIV. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY DINNER 12 min 14 CCXXV. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CONTROVERSIES 6 min 15 CCXXVI. "WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?" 14 min 16 CCXXVII. THE SECOND RIVERDALE WINTER 19 min 17 CCXXVIII. PROFFERED HONORS 10 min 18 CCXXXIX. THE LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRA 10 min 19 CCXXX. THE RETURN TO FLORENCE 18 min 20 CCXXXI. THE CLOSE OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE 9 min 21 CCXXXII. THE SAD JOURNEY HOME 11 min 22 CCXXXIII. BEGINNING ANOTHER HOME 8 min 23 CCXXXIV. LIFE AT 21 FIFTH AVENUE 27 min 24 CCXXXV. A SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 30 min 25 CCXXXVI. AT PIER 70 11 min 26 CCXXXVII. AFTERMATH 11 min 27 CCXXXVIII. THE WRITER MEETS MARK TWAIN 18 min 28 CCXXXIX. WORKING WITH MARK TWAIN 14 min 29 CCXL. THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN 20 min 30 CCXLI. GORKY, HOWELLS, AND MARK TWAIN 19 min 31 CCXLII. MARK TWAIN'S GOOD-BY TO THE PLATFORM 7 min 32 CCXLIII. AN INVESTMENT IN REDDING 8 min 33 CCXLIV. TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHIES 11 min 34 CCXLV. IN THE DAY'S ROUND 20 min 35 CCXLVI. THE SECOND SUMMER AT DUBLIN 20 min 36 CCXLVII. DUBLIN, CONTINUED 15 min 37 CCXLVIII. "WHAT IS MAN?" AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 6 min 38 CCXLIX. BILLIARDS 21 min 39 CCL. PHILOSOPHY AND PESSIMISM 13 min 40 CCLI. A LOBBYING EXPEDITION 29 min 41 CCLII. THEOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 40 min 42 CCLIII. AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER 3 min 43 CCLIV. BILLIARD-ROOM NOTES 12 min 44 CCLV. FURTHER PERSONALITIES 9 min 45 VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910 - CCLVI. HONORS FROM OXFORD 9 min 46 CCLVII. A TRUE ENGLISH WELCOME 32 min 47 CCLVIII. DOCTOR OF LITERATURE, OXFORD 10 min 48 CCLIX. LONDON SOCIAL HONORS 22 min 49 CCLX. MATTERS PSYCHIC AND OTHERWISE 12 min 50 CCLXI. MINOR EVENTS AND DIVERSIONS 15 min 51 CCLXII. FROM MARK TWAIN's MAIL 18 min 52 CCLXIII. SOME LITERARY LUNCHEONS 10 min 53 CCLXIV. "CAPTAIN STORMFIELD" IN PRINT 5 min 54 CCLXV. LOTOS CLUB HONORS 5 min 55 CCLXVI. A WINTER IN BERMUDA 22 min 56 CCLXVII. VIEWS AND ADDRESSES 10 min 57 CCLXVIII. REDDING 13 min 58 CCLXIX. FIRST DAYS AT STORMFIELD 7 min 59 CCLXX. THE ALDRICH MEMORIAL 6 min 60 CCLXXI. DEATH OF "SAM" MOFFETT 5 min 61 CCLXXII. STORMFIELD ADVENTURES 8 min 62 CCLXXIII. STORMFIELD PHILOSOPHIES 16 min 63 CCLXXIV. CITIZEN AND FARMER 10 min 64 CCLXXV. A MANTEL AND A BABY ELEPHANT 9 min 65 CCLXXVI. SHAKESPEARE-BACON TALK 12 min 66 CCLXXVII. "IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?" 14 min 67 CCLXXVIII. THE DEATH OF HENRY ROGERS 9 min 68 CCLXXIX. AN EXTENSION OF COPYRIGHT 7 min 69 CCLXXX. A WARNING 16 min 70 CCLXXXI. THE LAST SUMMER AT STORMFIELD 6 min 71 CCLXXXII. PERSONAL MEMORANDA 26 min 72 CCLXXXIII. ASTRONOMY AND DREAMS 15 min 73 CCLXXXIV. A LIBRARY CONCERT 5 min 74 CCLXXXV. A WEDDING AT STORMFIELD 5 min 75 CCLXXXVI. AUTUMN DAYS 25 min 76 CCLXXXVII. MARK TWAIN'S READING 11 min 77 CCLXXXVIII. A BERMUDA BIRTHDAY 13 min 78 CCLXXXIX. THE DEATH OF JEAN 19 min 79 CCXC. THE RETURN TO BERMUDA 6 min 80 CCXCI. LETTERS FROM BERMUDA 15 min 81 CCXCII. THE VOYAGE HOME 24 min 82 CCXCIII. THE RETURN TO THE INVISIBLE 8 min 83 CCXCIV. THE LAST RITES 4 min 84 CCXCV. MARK TWAIN'S RELIGION 15 min 85 CCXCVI. POSTSCRIPT 3 min 86 Volume III - APPENDIXES - APPENDIX A - LETTER FROM ORION CLEMENS TO MISS WOOD CONCERNING HENRY CLEMENS (See Chapter xxvi) 5 min 87 APPENDIX B - MARK TWAIN'S BURLESQUE OF CAPTAIN ISAIAH SELLERS (See Chapter xxvii) 9 min 88 APPENDIX C - I. MARK TWAIN'S EMPIRE CITY HOAX - II. NEWS-GATHERING WITH MARK TWAIN (See Chapter xli) 9 min 89 APPENDIX D - FROM MARK TWAIN'S FIRST LECTURE, DELIVERED OCTOBER 2, 1866 - HAWAIIAN IMPORTANCE TO AMERICA - NATIVE PASSION FOR FUNERALS - VIEW FROM HALEAKALA - NOTICE OF MARK TWAIN'S LECTURE - "THE TROUBLE IS OVER" (See Chapter liv) 13 min 90 APPENDIX E - FROM "THE JUMPING FROG" BOOK (MARK TWAIN'S FIRST PUBLISHED VOLUME - I. ADVERTISEMENT - II. FROM ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS - III. FROM "A STRANGE DREAM" (Example of Mark Twain's Early Descriptive Writing) (See Chapters lviii and lix) 11 min 91 APPENDIX F - THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (See Chapter lx) 3 min 92 APPENDIX G - MARK TWAIN AT THE CORRESPONDENTS CLUB, WASHINGTON (See Chapter lxiii) 7 min 93 APPENDIX H - ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LECTURE OF JULY 2, 1868 (See Chapter lxvi) 9 min 94 APPENDIX I - MARK TWAIN'S CHAMPIONSHIP OF THOMAS K. BEECHER (See Chapter lxxiv) 16 min 95 APPENDIX J - THE INDIGNITY PUT UPON THE REMAINS OF GEORGE HOLLAND BY THE REV. MR. SABINE. (See Chapter lxxvii) 17 min 96 APPENDIX K - A SUBSTITUTE FOR RULOFF - HAVE WE A SIDNEY CARTON AMONG US? (See Chapter lxxxii) 7 min 97 APPENDIX L - ABOUT LONDON - ADDRESS AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE SAVAGE CLUB, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1872. (See Chapter lxxxvii) 12 min 98 APPENDIX M - LETTER WRITTEN TO MRS. CLEMENS FROM BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1874, PROPHESYING A MONARCHY IN SIXTY-ONE YEARS. (See Chapter xcvii) 14 min 99 APPENDIX N - MARK TWAIN AND COPYRIGHT - I. PETITION Concerning Copyright (1875) - CIRCULAR TO AMERICAN AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS - II. Communications supposed to have been written by the Tsar of Russia and the Sultan of Turkey to Mark Twain on the subject of International Copyright, about 1890. - III. MARK TWAIN'S LAST SUGGESTION ON COPYRIGHT. (See Chapter cii) 20 min 100 APPENDIX O - Speech on John Greenleaf Whittier's birthday (See Chapter cxiv) 14 min 101 APPENDIX P - THE ADAM MONUMENT PETITION (See Chapter cxxxiv) 4 min 102 APPENDIX Q- GENERAL GRANT'S GRAMMAR (Written in 1886. Delivered at an Army and Navy Club dinner in New York City) 8 min 103 APPENDIX R - PARTY ALLEGIANCE. BEING A PORTION OF A PAPER ON "CONSISTENCY," READ BEFORE THE MONDAY EVENING CLUB IN 1887. (See Chapter clxiii) 13 min 104 APPENDIX S - ORIGINAL PREFACE FOR "A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT" (See Chapter clxxii) 5 min 105 APPENDIX T - A TRIBUTE TO HENRY H. ROGERS (See Chapter cc and earlier) 9 min 106 APPENDIX U - FROM MARK TWAIN'S LAST POEM BEGUN AT RIVERDALE, NEW YORK. FINISHED AT YORK HARBOR, MAINE, AUGUST 18, 1902 (See Chapter ccxxiii) 6 min 107 APPENDIX V - SELECTIONS FROM AN UNFINISHED BOOK, "3,000 YEARS AMONG THE MICROBES" THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MICROBE, WHO, IN A FORMER EXISTENCE, HAD BEEN A MAN, HIS PRESENT HABITAT BEING THE ORGANISM OF A TRAMP, BLITZOWSKI. (WRITTEN AT DUBLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1905) (See Chapter ccxxxv) 32 min 108 APPENDIX W - LITTLE BESSIE WOULD ASSIST PROVIDENCE (See Chapter cclxxxii) 8 min 109 APPENDIX X - Part One - A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MARK TWAIN'S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE, FROM 1851-1859 3 min 110 APPENDIX X - Part Two - MARK TWAIN'S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE, FROM 1860 to 1869 6 min 111 APPENDIX X - Part Three - MARK TWAIN'S WORKS, FROM 1870 to 1879 7 min 112 APPENDIX X - Part Four - MARK TWAIN'S WORKS, FROM 1880 to 1889 6 min 113 APPENDIX X - Part Five - MARK TWAIN'S WORKS, FROM 1890 to 1899 8 min 114 APPENDIX X - Part Six - MARK TWAIN'S WORKS, FROM 1900 to 1910 8 min
