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Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent

Henry William Fischer (1856 - 1932)

This work brings new understanding of the life and work of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) while living and traveling abroad. Twain and fellow humorist Eugene Field experienced a wide variety of people, places and things together and author Henry Fischer brings them together here, for the first time. - Summary by John Greenman

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Essays & Short Works, Humor

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Editor’s Note	John Greenman	00:06:34
Play 01	Author’s Preface	John Greenman	00:12:23
Play 02	How Mark Would Safeguard England	John Greenman	00:13:29
Play 03	Mark Philosophized on Willie	John Greenman	00:01:47
Play 04	Mark - Regicide	John Greenman	00:03:32
Play 05	The Funniest Speech Mark Ever Gave	John Greenman	00:10:27
Play 06	Monarchical Atavism	John Greenman	00:01:44
Play 07	Democratic Mark and Austrian Aristocracy	John Greenman	00:03:05
Play 08	Phil Sheridan's Friend	John Greenman	00:03:41
Play 09	"Elizabeth was a He", said Mark	John Greenman	00:14:20
Play 10	Mark, the Sleight-of-hand Man	John Greenman	00:02:32
Play 11	Mark and the Imperial Mistress	John Greenman	00:02:46
Play 12	Mark on Lynch Law	John Greenman	00:05:15
Play 13	Recollections of King Charles and Grant	John Greenman	00:03:28
Play 14	Mark Missed Gallows-land	John Greenman	00:03:34
Play 15	Think of Her Sorrow	John Greenman	00:01:48
Play 16	Breaking the News Gently	John Greenman	00:02:46
Play 17	Dukes and Unborn Car Horses	John Greenman	00:00:56
Play 18	"Pa Used to Be a Terrible Man"	John Greenman	00:01:03
Play 19	Mark on the Berlin Cops	John Greenman	00:05:28
Play 20	The Sausage Room	John Greenman	00:05:04
Play 21	Mark's Glimpse of Schopenhauer	John Greenman	00:15:07
Play 22	"Murderer" Blücher in Oxford	John Greenman	00:03:05
Play 23	Mark's Human Side	John Greenman	00:02:38
Play 24	An Australian Surprise	John Greenman	00:02:38
Play 25	Mark in France and Italy	John Greenman	00:02:33
Play 26	Why Mark Wouldn't Like to Die Abroad	John Greenman	00:03:33
Play 27	The Left Hand Didn't Know	John Greenman	00:01:25
Play 28	American Humorists	John Greenman	00:01:19
Play 29	Telepathy or Suggestion	John Greenman	00:03:08
Play 30	Trying to Be Serious Didn't Work	John Greenman	00:01:37
Play 31	Assorted Beauties	John Greenman	00:02:09
Play 32	Mark's Children Knew Him	John Greenman	00:02:18
Play 33	Mark, Dogs, Dagoes, and Cats	John Greenman	00:02:22
Play 34	The Tragedy of Genius	John Greenman	00:02:23
Play 35	Kilties and the Lassie	John Greenman	00:03:02
Play 36	A Wise Provision of Providence	John Greenman	00:02:15
Play 37	The Awful German Language	John Greenman	00:02:07
Play 38	Artist or Photographer	John Greenman	00:02:28
Play 39	Mark Interviewed the Barber about Harry Thaw	John Greenman	00:05:05
Play 40	His Portrait—a Mirror	John Greenman	00:02:09
Play 41	Mark, Bismarck, Lincoln, and Darwin	John Greenman	00:07:15
Play 42	Mark at the Stock Exchange, Vienna	John Greenman	00:01:21
Play 43	Mark and the Prussian Lieutenant	John Greenman	00:03:22
Play 44	Mark Studies the Costermonger Language	John Greenman	00:02:25
Play 45	That Beautiful Funeral	John Greenman	00:02:06
Play 46	Ada's Beast of a Man	John Greenman	00:01:56
Play 47	Jealousy in Lowland	John Greenman	00:01:36
Play 48	The Troubles of Liz	John Greenman	00:02:17
Play 49	The French Madame	John Greenman	00:06:18
Play 50	The Great Disappointment	John Greenman	00:05:05
Play 51	Rheumatism and Prodding	John Greenman	00:01:32
Play 52	On Literary Friendships	John Greenman	00:02:05
Play 53	Bayard Taylor's German	John Greenman	00:02:11
Play 54	Genius in Extremis	John Greenman	00:04:20
Play 55	What May Happen to You after You Are Dead	John Greenman	00:04:56
Play 56	Kings in Their Birthday Suits	John Greenman	00:00:55
Play 57	Mark on Lincoln's Humanity	John Greenman	00:05:43
Play 58	An English Lover of Kings and a Hater	John Greenman	00:07:09
Play 59	Mark Got Arrested in Berlin	John Greenman	00:06:08
Play 60	Books that Weren't Written	John Greenman	00:05:29
Play 61	Mark Enjoyed Other Humorists	John Greenman	00:02:15
Play 62	Mark and the English Hack-writer	John Greenman	00:02:31
Play 63	Mark Thought Joan of Arc Was Slandered	John Greenman	00:03:31
Play 64	Running Amuck—Almost	John Greenman	00:00:39
Play 65	Mark's Idiomatic Gems	John Greenman	00:01:23
Play 66	Mark and the Girls that Love a Lord	John Greenman	00:07:35
Play 67	Mark's Martyrdom	John Greenman	00:02:48
Play 68	Slang Not in Mark's Dictionary	John Greenman	00:02:59
Play 69	Mark "No Gentleman"	John Greenman	00:02:03
Play 70	Mark, Poetry, and Art	John Greenman	00:01:49
Play 71	Mark Sheds Light on English History	John Greenman	00:06:52
Play 72	Mark Explains Dean Swift	John Greenman	00:04:15
Play 73	Mark in Tragedy and Comedy	John Greenman	00:07:38
Play 74	"Ambition Is a Jade that More Than One Man Can Ride"	John Greenman	00:03:32
Play 75	Mark as a Translator	John Greenman	00:03:39
Play 76	Mark in England	John Greenman	00:02:54
Play 77	Why Mark Was Uncomfortable in the King of Sweden's Presence	John Greenman	00:01:46
Play 78	Mark's Idea of High Art	John Greenman	00:04:28
Play 79	Mark Meets King Leopold—Almost	John Greenman	00:03:26
Play 80	Sizing Up of Aristocracy by Mark	John Greenman	00:05:01
Play 81	The Bald-headed Woman	John Greenman	00:01:37
Play 82	When a Publisher Dines and Wines You	John Greenman	00:06:14
Play 83	Mark in Politics	John Greenman	00:01:08
Play 84	Mark on "Royal Honors"	John Greenman	00:04:33
Play 85	American Women the Prettiest	John Greenman	00:01:50
Play 86	Where Tay Pay Isn't Tay Pay	John Greenman	00:01:24
Play 87	The Man Who Didn't Get Used to Hanging	John Greenman	00:08:45
Play 88	Stray Sayings of Mark	John Greenman	00:03:35
Play 89	Eugene Field and His Troubles in Chicago	John Greenman	00:06:06
Play 90	More of Eugene Field's Trials in London	John Greenman	00:04:59
Play 91	Gene, a "Success of Curiosity"	John Greenman	00:04:30
Play 92	Dire Consequences of American Horseplay	John Greenman	00:10:09
Play 93	Field's Library of Humor	John Greenman	00:01:03
Play 94	Those German Professors	John Greenman	00:01:57
Play 95	Eugene Field and Northern Lore	John Greenman	00:03:39
Play 96	Little Boy Blue	John Greenman	00:01:22

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