The Autobiography of Mark Twain is a written collection of reminiscences, the majority of which were dictated during the last few years of author’s life and left in typescript and manuscript at his death. The Autobiography comprises a collection of anecdotes and ruminations rather than a conventional autobiography. Twain never compiled the writings and dictations into a publishable form in his lifetime. However, it was not until 2010 that the first volume of a collection was published.