Donate to LibriVox Thank a reader

LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA. If you are not in the USA, please verify the copyright status of these works in your own country before downloading, otherwise you may be violating copyright laws.

Download cover art Download CD case insert

Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III

Albert Bigelow Paine (1861 - 1937)

This work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain for over a hundred years. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. These recordings of Paine's exhaustive biography cover Twain's personal and literary life in detail, heretofore, unapproached. The published work is divided into 7 sections, on three separate recordings:

Recording #1
-VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866
-VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875

Recording #2
-VOLUME II, Part 1: 1875-1886
-VOLUME II, Part 2: 1886-1900

Recording #3 (This Recording)
-VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907
-VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910
-Appendixes
( John Greenman and Wikipedia with special thanks to Eberhard Schneider, Altlußheim, Germany)

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907 CCXII. THE RETURN OF THE CONQUEROR	John Greenman	00:21:53
Play 02	CCXIII. MARK TWAIN—GENERAL SPOKESMAN	John Greenman	00:16:09
Play 03	CCXIV. MARK TWAIN AND THE MISSIONARIES	John Greenman	00:25:24
Play 04	CCXV. SUMMER AT “THE LAIR”	John Greenman	00:17:11
Play 05	CCXVI. RIVERDALE—A YALE DEGREE	John Greenman	00:07:45
Play 06	CCXVII. MARK TWAIN IN POLITICS	John Greenman	00:09:08
Play 07	CCXVIII. NEW INTERESTS AND INVESTMENTS	John Greenman	00:17:02
Play 08	CCXIX. YACHTING AND THEOLOGY	John Greenman	00:22:21
Play 09	CCXX. MARK TWAIN AND THE PHILIPPINES	John Greenman	00:05:36
Play 10	CCXXI. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE	John Greenman	00:13:35
Play 11	CCXXII. A PROPHET HONORED IN HIS COUNTRY	John Greenman	00:08:02
Play 12	CCXXIII. AT YORK HARBOR	John Greenman	00:13:01
Play 13	CCXXIV. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY DINNER	John Greenman	00:11:49
Play 14	CCXXV. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CONTROVERSIES	John Greenman	00:05:46
Play 15	CCXXVI. "WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?”	John Greenman	00:13:34
Play 16	CCXXVII. THE SECOND RIVERDALE WINTER	John Greenman	00:19:09
Play 17	CCXXVIII. PROFFERED HONORS	John Greenman	00:10:07
Play 18	CCXXXIX. THE LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRA	John Greenman	00:10:06
Play 19	CCXXX. THE RETURN TO FLORENCE	John Greenman	00:18:09
Play 20	CCXXXI. THE CLOSE OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE	John Greenman	00:09:07
Play 21	CCXXXII. THE SAD JOURNEY HOME	John Greenman	00:10:42
Play 22	CCXXXIII. BEGINNING ANOTHER HOME	John Greenman	00:07:31
Play 23	CCXXXIV. LIFE AT 21 FIFTH AVENUE	John Greenman	00:26:56
Play 24	CCXXXV. A SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE	John Greenman	00:29:37
Play 25	CCXXXVI. AT PIER 70	John Greenman	00:10:40
Play 26	CCXXXVII. AFTERMATH	John Greenman	00:10:47
Play 27	CCXXXVIII. THE WRITER MEETS MARK TWAIN	John Greenman	00:18:30
Play 28	CCXXXIX. WORKING WITH MARK TWAIN	John Greenman	00:14:11
Play 29	CCXL. THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN	John Greenman	00:20:20
Play 30	CCXLI. GORKY, HOWELLS, AND MARK TWAIN	John Greenman	00:18:46
Play 31	CCXLII. MARK TWAIN’S GOOD-BY TO THE PLATFORM	John Greenman	00:06:46
Play 32	CCXLIII. AN INVESTMENT IN REDDING	John Greenman	00:08:24
Play 33	CCXLIV. TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHIES	John Greenman	00:10:38
Play 34	CCXLV. IN THE DAY’S ROUND	John Greenman	00:19:32
Play 35	CCXLVI. THE SECOND SUMMER AT DUBLIN	John Greenman	00:19:56
Play 36	CCXLVII. DUBLIN, CONTINUED	John Greenman	00:14:48
Play 37	CCXLVIII. "WHAT IS MAN?” AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY	John Greenman	00:06:23
Play 38	CCXLIX. BILLIARDS	John Greenman	00:21:07
Play 39	CCL. PHILOSOPHY AND PESSIMISM	John Greenman	00:13:14
Play 40	CCLI. A LOBBYING EXPEDITION	John Greenman	00:28:51
Play 41	CCLII. THEOLOGY AND EVOLUTION	John Greenman	00:39:32
Play 42	CCLIII. AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER	John Greenman	00:03:19
Play 43	CCLIV. BILLIARD-ROOM NOTES	John Greenman	00:11:39
Play 44	CCLV. FURTHER PERSONALITIES	John Greenman	00:09:20
Play 45	VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910 - CCLVI. HONORS FROM OXFORD	John Greenman	00:08:48
Play 46	CCLVII. A TRUE ENGLISH WELCOME	John Greenman	00:32:27
Play 47	CCLVIII. DOCTOR OF LITERATURE, OXFORD	John Greenman	00:10:28
Play 48	CCLIX. LONDON SOCIAL HONORS	John Greenman	00:22:13
Play 49	CCLX. MATTERS PSYCHIC AND OTHERWISE	John Greenman	00:12:25
Play 50	CCLXI. MINOR EVENTS AND DIVERSIONS	John Greenman	00:14:48
Play 51	CCLXII. FROM MARK TWAIN’s MAIL.	John Greenman	00:17:34
Play 52	CCLXIII. SOME LITERARY LUNCHEONS	John Greenman	00:10:11
Play 53	CCLXIV. "CAPTAIN STORMFIELD” IN PRINT	John Greenman	00:05:10
Play 54	CCLXV. LOTOS CLUB HONORS	John Greenman	00:04:51
Play 55	CCLXVI. A WINTER IN BERMUDA	John Greenman	00:21:42
Play 56	CCLXVII. VIEWS AND ADDRESSES	John Greenman	00:10:06
Play 57	CCLXVIII. REDDING	John Greenman	00:12:43
Play 58	CCLXIX. FIRST DAYS AT STORMFIELD	John Greenman	00:06:56
Play 59	CCLXX. THE ALDRICH MEMORIAL	John Greenman	00:06:16
Play 60	CCLXXI. DEATH OF “SAM” MOFFETT	John Greenman	00:05:21
Play 61	CCLXXII. STORMFIELD ADVENTURES	John Greenman	00:08:25
Play 62	CCLXXIII. STORMFIELD PHILOSOPHIES	John Greenman	00:16:03
Play 63	CCLXXIV. CITIZEN AND FARMER	John Greenman	00:10:22
Play 64	CCLXXV. A MANTEL AND A BABY ELEPHANT	John Greenman	00:09:04
Play 65	CCLXXVI. SHAKESPEARE-BACON TALK	John Greenman	00:12:02
Play 66	CCLXXVII. "IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?”	John Greenman	00:14:02
Play 67	CCLXXVIII. THE DEATH OF HENRY ROGERS	John Greenman	00:08:31
Play 68	CCLXXIX. AN EXTENSION OF COPYRIGHT	John Greenman	00:06:54
Play 69	CCLXXX. A WARNING	John Greenman	00:16:29
Play 70	CCLXXXI. THE LAST SUMMER AT STORMFIELD	John Greenman	00:06:19
Play 71	CCLXXXII. PERSONAL MEMORANDA	John Greenman	00:26:29
Play 72	CCLXXXIII. ASTRONOMY AND DREAMS	John Greenman	00:14:33
Play 73	CCLXXXIV. A LIBRARY CONCERT	John Greenman	00:05:27
Play 74	CCLXXXV. A WEDDING AT STORMFIELD	John Greenman	00:05:13
Play 75	CCLXXXVI. AUTUMN DAYS	John Greenman	00:24:34
Play 76	CCLXXXVII. MARK TWAIN’S READING	John Greenman	00:11:26
Play 77	CCLXXXVIII. A BERMUDA BIRTHDAY	John Greenman	00:13:26
Play 78	CCLXXXIX. THE DEATH OF JEAN	John Greenman	00:19:00
Play 79	CCXC. THE RETURN TO BERMUDA	John Greenman	00:06:07
Play 80	CCXCI. LETTERS FROM BERMUDA	John Greenman	00:15:24
Play 81	CCXCII. THE VOYAGE HOME	John Greenman	00:24:28
Play 82	CCXCIII. THE RETURN TO THE INVISIBLE	John Greenman	00:07:59
Play 83	CCXCIV. THE LAST RITES	John Greenman	00:04:17
Play 84	CCXCV. MARK TWAIN’S RELIGION	John Greenman	00:15:08
Play 85	CCXCVI. POSTSCRIPT	John Greenman	00:02:58
Play 86	Volume III - APPENDIXES - APPENDIX A - LETTER FROM ORION CLEMENS TO MISS WOOD CONCERNING HENRY CLEMENS (See Chapter xxvi)	John Greenman	00:05:06
Play 87	APPENDIX B - MARK TWAIN’S BURLESQUE OF CAPTAIN ISAIAH SELLERS (See Chapter xxvii)	John Greenman	00:09:16
Play 88	APPENDIX C - I. MARK TWAIN’S EMPIRE CITY HOAX - II. NEWS-GATHERING WITH MARK TWAIN (See Chapter xli)	John Greenman	00:08:41
Play 89	APPENDIX D - FROM MARK TWAIN’S FIRST LECTURE, DELIVERED OCTOBER 2, 1866 - HAWAIIAN IMPORTANCE TO AMERICA - NATIVE PASSION FOR FUNERALS - VIEW FROM HALEAKALA - NOTICE OF MARK TWAIN’S LECTURE - “THE TROUBLE IS OVER” (See Chapter liv)	John Greenman	00:13:13
Play 90	APPENDIX E - FROM “THE JUMPING FROG” BOOK (MARK TWAIN’S FIRST PUBLISHED VOLUME - I. ADVERTISEMENT - II. FROM ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS - III. FROM “A STRANGE DREAM” (Example of Mark Twain’s Early Descriptive Writing) (See Chapters lviii and lix)	John Greenman	00:11:13
Play 91	APPENDIX F - THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (See Chapter lx)	John Greenman	00:02:42
Play 92	APPENDIX G - MARK TWAIN AT THE CORRESPONDENTS CLUB, WASHINGTON (See Chapter lxiii)	John Greenman	00:07:12
Play 93	APPENDIX H - ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LECTURE OF JULY 2, 1868 (See Chapter lxvi)	John Greenman	00:08:36
Play 94	APPENDIX I - MARK TWAIN’S CHAMPIONSHIP OF THOMAS K. BEECHER (See Chapter lxxiv)	John Greenman	00:16:13
Play 95	APPENDIX J - THE INDIGNITY PUT UPON THE REMAINS OF GEORGE HOLLAND BY THE REV. MR. SABINE. (See Chapter lxxvii)	John Greenman	00:16:31
Play 96	APPENDIX K - A SUBSTITUTE FOR RULOFF - HAVE WE A SIDNEY CARTON AMONG US? (See Chapter lxxxii)	John Greenman	00:07:15
Play 97	APPENDIX L - ABOUT LONDON - ADDRESS AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE SAVAGE CLUB, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1872. (See Chapter lxxxvii)	John Greenman	00:12:10
Play 98	APPENDIX M - LETTER WRITTEN TO MRS. CLEMENS FROM BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1874, PROPHESYING A MONARCHY IN SIXTY-ONE YEARS. (See Chapter xcvii)	John Greenman	00:13:55
Play 99	APPENDIX N - MARK TWAIN AND COPYRIGHT - I. PETITION Concerning Copyright (1875) - CIRCULAR TO AMERICAN AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS - II. Communications supposed to have been written by the Tsar of Russia and the Sultan of Turkey to Mark Twain on the subject of International Copyright, about 1890. - III. MARK TWAIN’S LAST SUGGESTION ON COPYRIGHT. (See Chapter cii)	John Greenman	00:19:31
Play 100	APPENDIX O - Speech on John Greenleaf Whittier's birthday (See Chapter cxiv)	John Greenman	00:14:07
Play 101	APPENDIX P - THE ADAM MONUMENT PETITION (See Chapter cxxxiv)	John Greenman	00:04:19
Play 102	APPENDIX Q- GENERAL GRANT’S GRAMMAR (Written in 1886. Delivered at an Army and Navy Club dinner in New York City)	John Greenman	00:08:00
Play 103	APPENDIX R - PARTY ALLEGIANCE. BEING A PORTION OF A PAPER ON “CONSISTENCY,” READ BEFORE THE MONDAY EVENING CLUB IN 1887. (See Chapter clxiii)	John Greenman	00:12:47
Play 104	APPENDIX S - ORIGINAL PREFACE FOR “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT” (See Chapter clxxii)	John Greenman	00:05:08
Play 105	APPENDIX T - A TRIBUTE TO HENRY H. ROGERS (See Chapter cc and earlier)	John Greenman	00:09:00
Play 106	APPENDIX U - FROM MARK TWAIN’S LAST POEM BEGUN AT RIVERDALE, NEW YORK. FINISHED AT YORK HARBOR, MAINE, AUGUST 18, 1902 (See Chapter ccxxiii)	John Greenman	00:06:25
Play 107	APPENDIX V - SELECTIONS FROM AN UNFINISHED BOOK, “3,000 YEARS AMONG THE MICROBES” THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MICROBE, WHO, IN A FORMER EXISTENCE, HAD BEEN A MAN—HIS PRESENT HABITAT BEING THE ORGANISM OF A TRAMP, BLITZOWSKI. (WRITTEN AT DUBLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1905) (See Chapter ccxxxv)	John Greenman	00:31:59
Play 108	APPENDIX W - LITTLE BESSIE WOULD ASSIST PROVIDENCE (See Chapter cclxxxii)	John Greenman	00:08:18
Play 109	APPENDIX X - Part One - A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1851-1859	John Greenman	00:03:22
Play 110	APPENDIX X - Part Two - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1860 to 1869	John Greenman	00:05:43
Play 111	APPENDIX X - Part Three - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1870 to 1879	John Greenman	00:07:04
Play 112	APPENDIX X - Part Four - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1880 to 1889	John Greenman	00:05:42
Play 113	APPENDIX X - Part Five - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1890 to 1899	John Greenman	00:08:19
Play 114	APPENDIX X - Part Six - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1900 to 1910	John Greenman	00:08:06

LibriVox

Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain

Browse the catalog

Listen/Download (help?)

Production details

Links

Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III