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The Ordeal of Mark Twain

Van Wyck Brooks (1886 - 1963)

This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attributes Clemens' increasing sense of pessimism to the repression of his creative spirit due largely to his mother and his wife. (Summary by Wikipedia and Lucretia B)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01 - Chapter I - Introductory: Mark Twain's Despair, Part 1	Lucretia B.	00:31:26
Play 02	02 - Chapter I - Introductory: Mark Twain's Despair, Part 2	Lucretia B.	00:36:25
Play 03	03 - Chapter II - The Candidate for Life, Part 1	Lucretia B.	00:32:20
Play 04	04 - Chapter II - The Candidate for Life, Part 2	Lucretia B.	00:38:58
Play 05	05 - Chapter III - The Gilded Age, Part 1	Lucretia B.	00:31:16
Play 06	06 - Chapter III - The Gilded Age, Part 2	Lucretia B.	00:30:44
Play 07	07 - Chapter IV - In the Crucible, Part 1	Lucretia B.	00:39:37
Play 08	08 - Chapter IV - In the Crucible, Part 2	Lucretia B.	00:39:23
Play 09	09 - Chapter V - The Candidate for Gentility, Part 1	Lucretia B.	00:38:27
Play 10	10 - Chapter V - The Candidate for Gentility, Part 2	Lucretia B.	00:42:42
Play 11	11 - Chapter VI - Everybody's Neighbor, Part 1	Lucretia B.	00:29:04
Play 12	12 - Chapter VI - Everybody's Neighbor, Part 2	Lucretia B.	00:30:16
Play 13	13 - Chapter VII - The Playboy in Letters, Part 1	Lucretia B.	00:43:03
Play 14	14 - Chapter VII - The Playboy in Letters, Part 2	Lucretia B.	00:44:06
Play 15	15 - Chapter VIII - Those Extraordinary Twins, Part 1	Lucretia B.	00:29:49
Play 16	16 - Chapter VIII - Those Extraordinary Twins, Part 2	Lucretia B.	00:28:50
Play 17	17 - Chapter IX - Mark Twain's Humor, Part 1	Lucretia B.	00:32:27
Play 18	18 - Chapter IX - Mark Twain's Humor, Part 2	Lucretia B.	00:33:24
Play 19	19 - Chapter X - Let Somebody Else Begin, Part 1	Lucretia B.	00:38:21
Play 20	20 - Chapter X - Let Somebody Else Begin, Part 2	Lucretia B.	00:37:56
Play 21	21 - Chapter XI - Mustered Out, Part 1	Lucretia B.	00:32:42
Play 22	22 - Chapter XI - Mustered Out, Part 2	Lucretia B.	00:33:02

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