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Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent

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Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent

by Henry William Fischer

English· 06:17:07· 97 chapters
This work brings new understanding of the life and work of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) while living and traveling abroad. Twain and fellow humorist Eugene Field experienced a wide variety of people, places and things together and author Henry Fischer brings them together here, for the first time. - Summary by John Greenman

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Editor’s Note

    06:34
  2. Chapter 2

    Author’s Preface

    12:23
  3. Chapter 3

    How Mark Would Safeguard England

    13:29
  4. Chapter 4

    Mark Philosophized on Willie

    01:47
  5. Chapter 5

    Mark - Regicide

    03:32
  6. Chapter 6

    The Funniest Speech Mark Ever Gave

    10:27
  7. Chapter 7

    Monarchical Atavism

    01:44
  8. Chapter 8

    Democratic Mark and Austrian Aristocracy

    03:05
  9. Chapter 9

    Phil Sheridan's Friend

    03:41
  10. Chapter 10

    "Elizabeth was a He", said Mark

    14:20
  11. Chapter 11

    Mark, the Sleight-of-hand Man

    02:32
  12. Chapter 12

    Mark and the Imperial Mistress

    02:46
  13. Chapter 13

    Mark on Lynch Law

    05:15
  14. Chapter 14

    Recollections of King Charles and Grant

    03:28
  15. Chapter 15

    Mark Missed Gallows-land

    03:34
  16. Chapter 16

    Think of Her Sorrow

    01:48
  17. Chapter 17

    Breaking the News Gently

    02:46
  18. Chapter 18

    Dukes and Unborn Car Horses

    00:56
  19. Chapter 19

    "Pa Used to Be a Terrible Man"

    01:03
  20. Chapter 20

    Mark on the Berlin Cops

    05:28
  21. Chapter 21

    The Sausage Room

    05:04
  22. Chapter 22

    Mark's Glimpse of Schopenhauer

    15:07
  23. Chapter 23

    "Murderer" Blücher in Oxford

    03:05
  24. Chapter 24

    Mark's Human Side

    02:38
  25. Chapter 25

    An Australian Surprise

    02:38
  26. Chapter 26

    Mark in France and Italy

    02:33
  27. Chapter 27

    Why Mark Wouldn't Like to Die Abroad

    03:33
  28. Chapter 28

    The Left Hand Didn't Know

    01:25
  29. Chapter 29

    American Humorists

    01:19
  30. Chapter 30

    Telepathy or Suggestion

    03:08
  31. Chapter 31

    Trying to Be Serious Didn't Work

    01:37
  32. Chapter 32

    Assorted Beauties

    02:09
  33. Chapter 33

    Mark's Children Knew Him

    02:18
  34. Chapter 34

    Mark, Dogs, Dagoes, and Cats

    02:22
  35. Chapter 35

    The Tragedy of Genius

    02:23
  36. Chapter 36

    Kilties and the Lassie

    03:02
  37. Chapter 37

    A Wise Provision of Providence

    02:15
  38. Chapter 38

    The Awful German Language

    02:07
  39. Chapter 39

    Artist or Photographer

    02:28
  40. Chapter 40

    Mark Interviewed the Barber about Harry Thaw

    05:05
  41. Chapter 41

    His Portrait—a Mirror

    02:09
  42. Chapter 42

    Mark, Bismarck, Lincoln, and Darwin

    07:15
  43. Chapter 43

    Mark at the Stock Exchange, Vienna

    01:21
  44. Chapter 44

    Mark and the Prussian Lieutenant

    03:22
  45. Chapter 45

    Mark Studies the Costermonger Language

    02:25
  46. Chapter 46

    That Beautiful Funeral

    02:06
  47. Chapter 47

    Ada's Beast of a Man

    01:56
  48. Chapter 48

    Jealousy in Lowland

    01:36
  49. Chapter 49

    The Troubles of Liz

    02:17
  50. Chapter 50

    The French Madame

    06:18
  51. Chapter 51

    The Great Disappointment

    05:05
  52. Chapter 52

    Rheumatism and Prodding

    01:32
  53. Chapter 53

    On Literary Friendships

    02:05
  54. Chapter 54

    Bayard Taylor's German

    02:11
  55. Chapter 55

    Genius in Extremis

    04:20
  56. Chapter 56

    What May Happen to You after You Are Dead

    04:56
  57. Chapter 57

    Kings in Their Birthday Suits

    00:55
  58. Chapter 58

    Mark on Lincoln's Humanity

    05:43
  59. Chapter 59

    An English Lover of Kings and a Hater

    07:09
  60. Chapter 60

    Mark Got Arrested in Berlin

    06:08
  61. Chapter 61

    Books that Weren't Written

    05:29
  62. Chapter 62

    Mark Enjoyed Other Humorists

    02:15
  63. Chapter 63

    Mark and the English Hack-writer

    02:31
  64. Chapter 64

    Mark Thought Joan of Arc Was Slandered

    03:31
  65. Chapter 65

    Running Amuck—Almost

    00:39
  66. Chapter 66

    Mark's Idiomatic Gems

    01:23
  67. Chapter 67

    Mark and the Girls that Love a Lord

    07:35
  68. Chapter 68

    Mark's Martyrdom

    02:48
  69. Chapter 69

    Slang Not in Mark's Dictionary

    02:59
  70. Chapter 70

    Mark "No Gentleman"

    02:03
  71. Chapter 71

    Mark, Poetry, and Art

    01:49
  72. Chapter 72

    Mark Sheds Light on English History

    06:52
  73. Chapter 73

    Mark Explains Dean Swift

    04:15
  74. Chapter 74

    Mark in Tragedy and Comedy

    07:38
  75. Chapter 75

    "Ambition Is a Jade that More Than One Man Can Ride"

    03:32
  76. Chapter 76

    Mark as a Translator

    03:39
  77. Chapter 77

    Mark in England

    02:54
  78. Chapter 78

    Why Mark Was Uncomfortable in the King of Sweden's Presence

    01:46
  79. Chapter 79

    Mark's Idea of High Art

    04:28
  80. Chapter 80

    Mark Meets King Leopold—Almost

    03:26
  81. Chapter 81

    Sizing Up of Aristocracy by Mark

    05:01
  82. Chapter 82

    The Bald-headed Woman

    01:37
  83. Chapter 83

    When a Publisher Dines and Wines You

    06:14
  84. Chapter 84

    Mark in Politics

    01:08
  85. Chapter 85

    Mark on "Royal Honors"

    04:33
  86. Chapter 86

    American Women the Prettiest

    01:50
  87. Chapter 87

    Where Tay Pay Isn't Tay Pay

    01:24
  88. Chapter 88

    The Man Who Didn't Get Used to Hanging

    08:45
  89. Chapter 89

    Stray Sayings of Mark

    03:35
  90. Chapter 90

    Eugene Field and His Troubles in Chicago

    06:06
  91. Chapter 91

    More of Eugene Field's Trials in London

    04:59
  92. Chapter 92

    Gene, a "Success of Curiosity"

    04:30
  93. Chapter 93

    Dire Consequences of American Horseplay

    10:09
  94. Chapter 94

    Field's Library of Humor

    01:03
  95. Chapter 95

    Those German Professors

    01:57
  96. Chapter 96

    Eugene Field and Northern Lore

    03:39
  97. Chapter 97

    Little Boy Blue

    01:22