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Chapter 2 - Reading

from Part I - Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2019

John Bird
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Winthrop University
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Even though Samuel Clemens ended his formal education at the age of twelve, he was a voracious and committed reader throughout his lifetime. His reading was eclectic, with a special attention to history, philosophy, and science. Although his library was dispersed through sale and other means, his library has been reconstructed by examining volumes he owned and marked with comments, as well as noting books that he mentions in his works and his letters. His eclectic reading shows him to be an intellectual and autodidact, much at odds with his public persona as a downhome, homespun humorist.

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Print publication year: 2020

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Gribben, Alan. Mark Twain’s Literary Resources: A Reconstruction of His Library and Reading. 3 vols. Montgomery: NewSouth Books, 2019–2020.Google Scholar
Howells, William Dean. My Mark Twain: Reminiscences and Criticisms. 1910. Ed. Baldwin, Marilyn Austin. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1967.Google Scholar

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  • Reading
  • Edited by John Bird
  • Book: Mark Twain in Context
  • Online publication: 12 December 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108617208.004
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  • Reading
  • Edited by John Bird
  • Book: Mark Twain in Context
  • Online publication: 12 December 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108617208.004
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  • Reading
  • Edited by John Bird
  • Book: Mark Twain in Context
  • Online publication: 12 December 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108617208.004
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