This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attributes Clemens' increasing sense of pessimism to the repression of his creative spirit due largely to his mother and his wife. (Summary by Wikipedia and Lucretia B)
Chapters
1 01 - Chapter I - Introductory: Mark Twain's Despair, Part 1 31 min 2 02 - Chapter I - Introductory: Mark Twain's Despair, Part 2 36 min 3 03 - Chapter II - The Candidate for Life, Part 1 32 min 4 04 - Chapter II - The Candidate for Life, Part 2 39 min 5 05 - Chapter III - The Gilded Age, Part 1 31 min 6 06 - Chapter III - The Gilded Age, Part 2 31 min 7 07 - Chapter IV - In the Crucible, Part 1 40 min 8 08 - Chapter IV - In the Crucible, Part 2 39 min 9 09 - Chapter V - The Candidate for Gentility, Part 1 38 min 10 10 - Chapter V - The Candidate for Gentility, Part 2 43 min 11 11 - Chapter VI - Everybody's Neighbor, Part 1 29 min 12 12 - Chapter VI - Everybody's Neighbor, Part 2 30 min 13 13 - Chapter VII - The Playboy in Letters, Part 1 43 min 14 14 - Chapter VII - The Playboy in Letters, Part 2 44 min 15 15 - Chapter VIII - Those Extraordinary Twins, Part 1 30 min 16 16 - Chapter VIII - Those Extraordinary Twins, Part 2 29 min 17 17 - Chapter IX - Mark Twain's Humor, Part 1 32 min 18 18 - Chapter IX - Mark Twain's Humor, Part 2 33 min 19 19 - Chapter X - Let Somebody Else Begin, Part 1 38 min 20 20 - Chapter X - Let Somebody Else Begin, Part 2 38 min 21 21 - Chapter XI - Mustered Out, Part 1 33 min 22 22 - Chapter XI - Mustered Out, Part 2 33 min
