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Chapters from My Autobiography

Mark Twain

Rather than following a traditional structure, Twain presents rambling anecdotes and reflections on his life, family, and career.

"Chapters from My Autobiography" by Mark Twain is a collection of autobiographical pieces. Rather than following a traditional structure, Twain presents rambling anecdotes and reflections on his life, family, and career.

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Back of the Virginia Clemenses is a dim procession of ancestors stretching back to Noah's time. According to tradition, some of them were pirates and slavers in Elizabeth's time. But this is no discredit to them, for so were Drake and Hawkins and the others. It was a respectable trade, then, and monarchs were partners in it. In my time I have had desires to be a pirate myself. The reader—if he will look deep down in his secret heart, will find—but never mind what he will find there; I am not writing his Autobiography, but mine. Later, according to tradition, one of the procession was Ambassador to Spain in the time of James I, or of Charles I, and married there and sent down a strain of Spanish blood to warm us up. Also, according to tradition, this one or another—Geoffrey Clement, by name—helped to sentence Charles to death.

Contents

  1. 01Chapters from My Autobiography.—I.
  2. 02Introduction.
  3. 03I.
  4. 04North American Review
  5. 05Chapters from My Autobiography.—II.
  6. 06II.
  7. 07III.
  8. 08IV.
  9. 09V.
  10. 10North American Review
  11. 11Chapters from My Autobiography.—III.
  12. 12VI.
  13. 13North American Review
  14. 14Chapters from My Autobiography.—IV.
  15. 15North American Review
  16. 16Chapters from My Autobiography.—V.
  17. 17North American Review
  18. 18Chapters from My Autobiography.—VI.
  19. 19North American Review
  20. 20Chapters from My Autobiography.—VII.
  21. 21North American Review
  22. 22Chapters from My Autobiography.—VIII.
  23. 23North American Review
  24. 24Chapters from My Autobiography.—IX.
  25. 25North American Review
  26. 26Chapters from My Autobiography.—X.
  27. 27North American Review
  28. 28Chapters from My Autobiography.—XI.
  29. 29North American Review
  30. 30Chapters from My Autobiography.—XII.
  31. 31North American Review
  32. 32Chapters from My Autobiography.—XIII.
  33. 33North American Review
  34. 34Chapters from My Autobiography.—XIV.
  35. 35North American Review
  36. 36Chapters from My Autobiography.—XV.
  37. 37North American Review
  38. 38Chapters from My Autobiography.—XVI.
  39. 39North American Review
  40. 40Chapters from My Autobiography.—XVII.
  41. 41North American Review
  42. 42Chapters from My Autobiography.—XVIII.
  43. 43North American Review
  44. 44Chapters from My Autobiography.—XIX.
  45. 45North American Review
  46. 46Chapters from My Autobiography.—XX.
  47. 47North American Review
  48. 48Chapters from My Autobiography.—XXI.
  49. 49Chapters from My Autobiography.—XXII.
  50. 50North American Review
  51. 51Chapters from My Autobiography.—XXIII.
  52. 52Chapters from My Autobiography.—XXIV.
  53. 53North American Review
  54. 54Chapters from My Autobiography.—XXV.

About this edition

Author
Mark Twain
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
403 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers