The American Claimant

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectations of monarchic, hierarchical Britain and the upstart, "all men are created equal" America. Twain wrote the novel with the help of phonographic dictation, the first author (according to Twain himself) to do so. This was also (according to Twain) an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, the first of its kind in fictitious literature. Indeed, all the weather is contained in an appendix, at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to turn to from time to time. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman)

Genre(s): General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humorous Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Explanatory & The Weather in this Book John Greenman
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Play 01 Chapter I John Greenman
00:15:25
Play 02 Chapter II John Greenman
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Play 03 Chapter III John Greenman
00:21:14
Play 04 Chapter IV John Greenman
00:10:54
Play 05 Chapter V John Greenman
00:13:58
Play 06 Chapter VI John Greenman
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Play 07 Chapter VII John Greenman
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Play 08 Chapter VIII John Greenman
00:10:27
Play 09 Chapter IX John Greenman
00:14:11
Play 10 Chapter X John Greenman
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Play 11 Chapter XI John Greenman
00:21:05
Play 12 Chapter XII John Greenman
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Play 13 Chapter XIII John Greenman
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Play 14 Chapter XIV John Greenman
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Play 15 Chapter XV John Greenman
00:14:01
Play 16 Chapter XVI John Greenman
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Play 17 Chapter XVII John Greenman
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Play 18 Chapter XVIII John Greenman
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Play 19 Chapter XIX John Greenman
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Play 20 Chapter XX John Greenman
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Play 21 Chapter XXI John Greenman
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Play 22 Chapter XXII John Greenman
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Play 23 Chapter XXIII John Greenman
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Play 24 Chapter XXIV John Greenman
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Play 25 Chapter XXV John Greenman
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Play 26 APPENDIX. WEATHER FOR USE IN THIS BOOK. John Greenman
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