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S'està carregant… The Autobiography of Mark Twain (Perennial Classics) (1959 original; edició 2000)de Mark Twain, Charles Neider (Editor)
Informació de l'obraThe Autobiography of Mark Twain de Mark Twain (1959)
   No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.  debs913 | Apr 2, 2016 |   Poi, nell'ordine (a) le digressioni economiche (b) la villa di Quarto e le sue funeste nostalgie (c) il fatto che e' uscita in questi giorni l'autobiografia *completa* con alcune parti qui non comprese (d) il fatto che anche l'ultima discendente di Twain sia scomparsa da questa terra 50 anni fa circa, con un cocktail di pillole ed alcool (e) alcuni passaggi sentimentali. Tutto cio', dicevo, ha appesantito la lettura, e me ne dispiaccio, perche' ho apprezzato la traduzione, gli argomenti, il narratore. Quest'ultimo, seppur prolisso, mi induce sempre un lieto e costante sorriso, indimenticabile. *** Aggiornamento 28/09/14 E poi oggi mi accorgo che in casa ho un'altra copia del libro, letto nell'aprile del 2000. (  ) bobparr | Dec 14, 2014 | Any serious review would be difficult because I am a fan of Mark Twain and have been for more than 40 years, so it's difficult to be objective, but this book is well worth reading. ( ) captbirdseye | Feb 6, 2014 |  ) scatterall | Apr 10, 2013 | Incredibly humorous and charming, as is natural of Twain. Very many interesting anecdotes about his life and encounters with the figures of his time. Many timeless observations throughout. Also a refreshing format for a biography, he just talks about whatever pleases him at the time. The only problem is for such an enormous book, I was expecting a lot more which was devoted to the actual autobiography. The scraps and notes are still worth looking at, though. ( ) HadriantheBlind | Mar 30, 2013 |
 "Wry and cranky, droll and cantankerous — that’s the Mark Twain we think we know, thanks to reading “Huck Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” in high school. But in his unexpurgated autobiography, whose first volume is about to be published a century after his death, a very different Twain emerges, more pointedly political and willing to play the role of the angry prophet. " Abreujat aTé una guia d'estudi per a estudiantsDistincionsLlistes notables
"Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams.... It has the marks of greatness in it--style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy." --From the Introduction by Charles Neider Mark Twain was a figure larger than fife: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story--which includes sixteen pages of photos--with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to he "free and frank and unembarrassed" in the recounting of his life and his experiences. Twain was more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement, which provided the material for his novels and which served to inspire this beloved and uniquely American autobiography. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Not the best. I'll stick to his fiction. (