This book publishes, for the first time in full, the two most revealing of Mark Twain’s private writings. Here he turns his mind to the daily life he shared with his wife Livy, their three daughters, a great many servants, and an imposing array of pets. These first-hand accounts display this gifted and loving family in the period of its flourishing.
Mark Twain began to write ‘A Family Sketch’ in response to the early death of his eldest daughter, Susy, but the manuscript grew under his hands to become an exuberant account of the entire household. His record of the childrens’ sayings—’Small Foolishnesses’—is next, followed by the related manuscript ‘At the Farm.’ Also included are selections from Livy’s 1885 diary and an authoritative edition of Susy’s biography of her father, written when she was a teenager. Newly edited from the original manuscripts, this anthology is a unique record of a fascinating family.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction
A Family Sketch
by Mark Twain
A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It
by Mark Twain
A Record of the Small Foolishnesses of Susie and ‘Bay’ Clemens (Infants)
by Mark Twain
At the Farm
by Mark Twain
Quarry Farm Diary
by Livy Clemens
Mark Twain
by Susy Clemens
About the Texts
About the Illustrations
Biographical Directory
Works Cited
Acknowledgments
Circa l’autore
Benjamin Griffin is an editor at the Mark Twain Project, which is housed within the Mark Twain Papers, the world’s largest archive of primary materials by this major American writer.
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