马克·吐温自传

INTRODUCTION

PREFACE

EARLY FRAGMENTS 1870-1877

[Written about 1870 The Tennessee Land

[Written in 1877 Early Years in Florida, Missouri

THE GRANT DICTATIONS 1885

[Dictated in 1885 The Chicago G. A. R. Festival

[Dictated in 1885 Grant and the Chinese

[Dictated in 1885 A Call with W. D. Howells on General Grant

[Dictated in 1885 About General Grant's "Memoirs"

[Dictated in 1885 Gerhardt and the Grant Bust

[Dictated 1885 The Reverend Doctor N- Visits General Grant

[Written in the closing days of 1890 The Machine Episode

CHAPTERS BEGUN IN VIENNA 1897-8

[Written 1897-8

Early Days

Jane Lampton Clemens

[Written about 1898

Playing "Bear" - Herrings - Jim Wolf and the Cats

Jim Wolf and the Cats

[Written about 1898 Macfarlane

[Written in 1898 Old Lecture Days in Boston

[Written about 1898 Ralph Keeler

[Written in 1898. Vienna Beauties of the German Language

[Written Sunday, June 26, 1898. Kaltenleutgeben A Viennese Procession

[Written 1898. Vienna Comment on Tautology and Grammar

[Written in 1900 Private History of a Ms. That Came to Grief

CHAPTERS ADDED IN FLORENCE

Author's Note

[Florence, January, 1904 Villa Quarto

[Florence, April, 1904 Notes on "Innocents Abroad".

[Florence, April, 1904

Stevenson, Aldrich, etc

Henry H. Rogers

[Added in 1909 Henry H. Rogers (continued)

INTERVAL OF TWO YEARS

[January 9, 1906

[New York, January 10, 1906

[New York, January 12, 1906

[New York, January 13, 1906

[New York, January 15, 1,906

[New York, January 15th, continued Dictated on January 16th.

[New York, January 16th, continued Dictated Wednesday,

January 17th About General Sickles

[New York, Thursday, January 18, 1906

[New York, Friday, January 19, 1906 About Dueling

[New York, Tuesday, January 23, 1906

The Character of Man

[New York, Wednesday, January 24, 1906

[New York, Thursday, February 1, 1906

[New York, February 1, 1906

[New York, Friday, February 2, 1906

[New York, Monday, February 5, 1906

[New York, Tuesday, February 6, 1906

[Wednesday, February 7, 1906

[New York, Thursday, February 8, 1906

[New York, Friday, February 9, 1906

[New York, Monday, February 12, 1906

[New York, Tuesday, February 13, 1906

[New York, Thursday, February 15, 1906

[Friday, February 16, 1906

[Tuesday, February 20, 1906

[New York, Wednesday, February 21, 1906

[New York, Thursday, February 22, 1906

[Friday, February 23, 1906

[Monday, February 26, 1906

[April 29, 1885

[Monday, March 5, 1906

[Tuesday, March 6, 1906

[Wednesday, March 7, 1906

[Thursday, March 8, 1906

[Friday, March 9, 1906

[Monday, March 12, 1906

[Wednesday, March 14, 1906

[Monday, March 5, 1906 (Dictated March 15th)

Definition of a Gentleman

[Friday, March 16, 1906

[Wednesday, March 21, 1906.

[Friday, March 22, 1906

[Friday, March 23, 1906

[Monday, March 26, 1906

[Tuesday, March 27, 1906

[Wednesday, March 28, 1906

[Thursday, March 29, 1906

[Friday, March 30, 1906

[Monday, April 2, 1906

[Wednesday, April 4, 1906

[Thursday, April 5, 1906

[Friday, April 6, 1906

[Monday, April 9, 1906

[Tuesday, April 10, 1906

[Wednesday, April 11, 1906

马克·吐温，世界著名短篇小说大师，美国批判现实主义文学的奠基人。其作品融幽默讽刺于一体，既富有独特的人性思考，又不乏深刻的社会剖析。调侃中带有辛辣的讽刺与悲天悯人的情感。《美国百年畅销精选·文学类：马克·吐温自传（英文全本）》是马克·吐温晚年最重要的著作。全书通过丰富多彩的童年生活、曲折坎坷的求生之路、风光无限的写作生涯以及痛苦不堪的晚年生活四个部分，全景展现了马克·吐温伟大而又传奇的一生。字里行间都透露着马克·吐温式的幽默与智慧，以及当时美国社会的独特风情和人文气息。

从1895 年美国《书商》杂志开启“按销量排序的图书目录”，美国的“畅销书”至今已有百年发展史，其间荣登年度榜的图书达上千册。
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