Brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, this title delves into Mark Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds.
Praise for Volume 1
"It feels like a form of time travel. One moment you're on horseback in the Hawaiian islands - or recovering from saddle boils with a cigar in your mouth - and the next moment you're meeting the Viennese maid he called, in a private joke, 'Wuthering Heights.' We can hardly wait for Volume 2."- New York Times
"Twain's autobiography, finally available after a century, is a garrulous outpouring-and every word beguiles."- Wall Street Journal
"I start reading Twain's Autobiography at any page and don't want to stop, for the sheer voluptuous pleasure of the prose."- Roger Ebert
"Because this edition of The Autobiography of Mark Twain is rich and open-ended even as it provides a text built with incredible insight and care, it is likely, indeed, to live up to its billing as the "Complete and Authoritative Edition.""
