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Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875)
Throughout these letters, Twain engages with friends and family, often sharing his thoughts on his writing projects and travels, as well as his feelings of excitement, frustration, and humor.
"Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875)" by Mark Twain is a collection of personal correspondence. Throughout these letters, Twain engages with friends and family, often sharing his thoughts on his writing projects and travels, as well as his feelings of excitement, frustration, and humor.
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Letters to Mrs. Jane Clemens and family, in St. Louis:
DEAR FOLKS,—We are having a lively time here, after a stormy trip. We meant to go to San Miguel, but were driven here by stress of weather. Beautiful climate.
DEAR FOLKS,—Arrived here this morning, and am clear worn out with riding and climbing in and over and around this monstrous rock and its fortifications. Summer climate and very pleasant.
DEAR FOLKS, Half a dozen of us came here yesterday from Gibraltar and some of the company took the other direction; went up through Spain, to Paris by rail. We decided that Gibraltar and San Roque were all of Spain that we wanted to see at present and are glad we came here among the Africans, Moors, Arabs and Bedouins of the desert. I would not give this experience for all the balance of the trip combined. This is the infernalest hive of infernally costumed barbarians I have ever come across yet.
DR. FOLKS,—We are far up the intensely blue and ravishingly beautiful Mediterranean. And now we are just passing the island of Minorca. The climate is perfectly lovely and it is hard to drive anybody to bed, day or night. We remain up the whole night through occasionally, and by this means enjoy the rare sensation of seeing the sun rise. But the sunsets are soft, rich, warm and superb!
Contents
- 01VII. Letters 1867. The Traveler. The Voyage of the “Quaker City”
- 02VIII. Letters 1867-68. Washington and San Francisco. The Proposed Book of Travel. A New Lecture.
- 03IX. Letters 1868-70. Courtship, and “the Innocents Abroad”
- 04X. Letters 1870-71. Mark Twain in Buffalo. Marriage. The Buffalo Express. “Memoranda.” Lectures. A New Book.
- 05XI. Letters 1871-72. Removal to Hartford. A Lecture Tour. “Roughing It.” First Letter to Howells.
- 06XII. Letters 1872-73. Mark Twain in England. London Honors. Acquaintance with Dr. John Brown. A Lecture Triumph. “The Gilded Age”.
- 07XIII. Letters 1874. Hartford and Elmira. A New Study. Beginning “Tom Sawyer.” the Sellers Play.
- 08XIV. Letters 1874. Mississippi Chapters. Visits to Boston. A Joke on Aldrich.
- 09XV. Letters from Hartford, 1875. Much Correspondence with Howells.
About this edition
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
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- Length
- 98 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers