『マ－ク・トウェイン完全なる自伝 ｖｏｌｕｍｅ １』（原書） Autobiography of Mark Twain : Volume 1, Reader's Edition

Twain, Mark/ Smith, Harriet E. (EDT)/ Hirst, Robert (EDT)

University of California Press（2012/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 440 p.／サイズ 45 b/w photo
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780520272255
• DDC分類 813.4

基本説明

大ベストセラーとなったオリジナル版から、本文のみを読み易いペーパーバックで出版。論争を呼ぶ第２巻の抜粋を収録。
This Reader's Edition, a portable paperback in larger type, republishes the text of the hardcover Autobiography in a form that is convenient for the general reader, without the editorial explanatory notes.

Full Description

The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press published "Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1", the first of a projected three-volume edition of the complete, uncensored autobiography. The book became an immediate bestseller and was hailed as the capstone of the life's work of America's favorite author. This Reader's Edition, a portable paperback in larger type, republishes the text of the hardcover "Autobiography" in a form that is convenient for the general reader, without the editorial explanatory notes. It includes a brief introduction describing the evolution of Mark Twain's ideas about writing his autobiography, as well as a chronology of his life, brief family biographies, and an excerpt from the forthcoming "Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2" - a controversial but characteristically humorous attack on Christian doctrine.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN
An Early Attempt
My Autobiography [Random Extracts from It]
The Latest Attempt
The Final (and Right) Plan
Preface. As from the Grave
The Florentine Dictations
Autobiographical Dictations, January-March 1906

Appendix: Preliminary Manuscripts and Dictations
Samuel L. Clemens: A Brief Chronology
Family Biographies
References
Excerpt from Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2
Photographs