{"product_id":"128996","title":"Mark Twain's Autobiography ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jX1r9hDD4p4ImspX1iY7J8DYf0UMt.png?v=1765085168\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e Mark Twain's Autobiography \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-color:;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003ctbody style=\"border:0px\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"center\" style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/2767779\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \"The Autobiography of Mark Twain\" is the autobiography of Mark Twain, the undisputed genius storyteller. Even now, half a century after its publication, it is still called one of the \"100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century\" and is consistently read in the English-speaking world. This autobiography, edited by Charles Nader, is a masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Unlike typical autobiographies, Mark Twain did not write his manuscript systematically with chronological order in mind, but rather wrote based on anecdotes that came to him from day to day. Therefore, even after passing through the editor's hands, his autobiography was not organized in perfect chronological order. \u003cbr\u003eHowever, the anecdotal writing has the advantage of allowing each anecdote to be described and narrated more vividly, and this structure is perceived as unique, like the freedom of the author Mark Twain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mark Twain's masterful side, fully demonstrated in his autobiography, is humor, satire, and paradox.\u003cbr\u003e This is an autobiography that allows you to feel Mark Twain's humanity, which is not light or vulgar humor, but rather a philosophy of humor and a free spirit's pride that is not bound by anything, through nonsensical paradoxes.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Preface_Mark Twain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Editor's Preface_Charles Nader\u003cbr\u003e Mark Twain's Autobiography\u003cbr\u003e Translator's Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mark Twain Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Search\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Finally, a proper method for writing an 'autobiography' has occurred to me. \u003cbr\u003eIt is not about starting at a specific point in life, but about wandering through life, guided by free will. ---p.14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e My intention with my autobiography is that, when it is published after my death, it will serve as a model for all future autobiographies. ---p.15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Howells asked if I intended to make the autobiography into a series.\u003cbr\u003e I intended to do so, but I said that if I lived long enough, the number of volumes of my autobiography would be so great that it would fill a city and require state intervention, and that no billionaire would have the luxury of buying the complete works without paying in installments during his lifetime. ---p.16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When I was younger, I could remember anything that happened, whether it actually happened or not.\u003cbr\u003e But now our brain functions are gradually declining, and soon we will only remember things that never happened. \u003cbr\u003eThis kind of decline is a sad thing, but it will come to us all someday. ---p.55-56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since Bliss is dead, I can't resolve the issue of him scamming me for 10 years.\u003cbr\u003e …my bitter feelings towards him gradually faded and disappeared.\u003cbr\u003e I only feel pity.\u003cbr\u003e But if I could send a fan to fan the flames of hell even more, I would do so. ---p.341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It was about halfway through The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.\u003cbr\u003e When I had written about 400 pages of the manuscript, the story suddenly stopped and refused to move forward.\u003cbr\u003e Even as the days changed, the situation remained the same.\u003cbr\u003e I was discouraged, troubled, and endlessly appalled.\u003cbr\u003e …the reason was simple.\u003cbr\u003e The tank was depleted.\u003cbr\u003e …I left the manuscript in a corner of my desk for two years, and then one day I took it out and read the last part. \u003cbr\u003eAt that time, I made the astonishing discovery that the tank, which had been dry, would fill up again on its own just by leaving it alone.\u003cbr\u003e …I was then so well-stocked with material that I could continue writing, and so I was able to complete The Adventures of Tom Sawyer without any difficulty.\u003cbr\u003e Since then, whenever I'm writing a book and my tank is running low, I don't hesitate and just push the manuscript to a corner.\u003cbr\u003e Because I know full well that within two or three years, the tank will be filled again without any effort, and I can complete the work easily and simply. ---p.384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the time my father died on March 24, 1847, when I was over eleven years old, until the end of 1856, I worked unsteadily, grumbling and shivering, when no one was watching.\u003cbr\u003e If you look at the records, I worked like this for about 10 years. \u003cbr\u003eI'm almost 73 now and I believe I haven't done anything since then.\u003cbr\u003e Except for the two or three years I spent lazily working as a reporter in a Pacific coast city with a great and honorable name.\u003cbr\u003e If so, it would be practically correct to say that when I ran away from the printing house fifty years ago, I ceased to be a worker forever.\u003cbr\u003e …because writing books and magazines has always been play, never work.\u003cbr\u003e I enjoyed this as if it were billiards. ---p.411-412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is my belief that a person's temperament is an indomitable law and should be respected even if no one agrees.\u003cbr\u003e …some human beings have so few evil traits that they are undetectable, while others have noble traits that stand out.\u003cbr\u003e Then we praise that person for that great trait.\u003cbr\u003e It can't be anything but funny. \u003cbr\u003eThe person did not create the characteristics he possessed, nor did he build them up within himself.\u003cbr\u003e Because that characteristic is a law given to him by God, he cannot help but submit to it no matter how much he struggles.\u003cbr\u003e Sometimes there are born killers or villains.\u003cbr\u003e People of the world pour all kinds of criticism on them.\u003cbr\u003e But they too were merely obeying the laws of their own nature.\u003cbr\u003e Even if you had tried to rebel, you would have failed.\u003cbr\u003e …it is my conviction that the human race is not a suitable target for harsh words and bitter criticism, but rather that the most justifiable emotion appropriate to human beings is pity.\u003cbr\u003e Because humans neither created nor planned their own weaknesses and follies. ---p.426\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAt a banquet hosted by a group called the \"End of the World Club\" last winter, the chairman, a retired senior military officer, declared in a loud, passionate voice: \"We are Anglo-Saxons.\"\u003cbr\u003e “Anglo-Saxons just take what they want,” he declared.\u003cbr\u003e …to translate this soldier's great words into plain English, the British and Americans are thieves, robbers, and pirates.\u003cbr\u003e We are proud of what we have brought together.”\u003cbr\u003e Of all the British and Americans present, not one had the decency to stand up and say that he was ashamed of being Anglo-Saxon and of being a member of the human race. ---p.459-460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For a long, long time, once a year, without fail, I have felt a sharp pain from an old wound buried deep in my heart. \u003cbr\u003e…I know, informally, that I have been the most widely popular literary figure produced in America for a generation.\u003cbr\u003e It is also unofficially well known that throughout that period, the novelist occupied an unrivaled position at the top of his profession.\u003cbr\u003e So, it was a yearly torment for me to witness American universities awarding 250 degrees to people of little consequence who would be forgotten in ten years, while not giving me a single degree! ---p.464-465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e People think I'm weird because I wear white all summer and winter.\u003cbr\u003e I am an odd person because I like to wear clean clothes in this dirty world.\u003cbr\u003e …all clothes get dirty in one day. \u003cbr\u003eIt's as dirty as a person's hands would be if they went a day without washing them.\u003cbr\u003e … it looks good to wear black attire at a banquet.\u003cbr\u003e However, these suits are more like real estate than movable property.\u003cbr\u003e We carry so much dust that we could plant seeds and grow crops here. ---p.491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now Jin is lying over there and I am sitting here.\u003cbr\u003e …while busily writing to keep my heart from breaking.\u003cbr\u003e How dazzling is the sunlight pouring down from the surrounding hills! It seems as if it's mocking my misfortune.\u003cbr\u003e 74 years old 24 days ago, 74 years old yesterday.\u003cbr\u003e Who can guess my age today?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e ---p.495\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe History of Mark Twain's Autobiography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are three books published claiming to be Mark Twain's 'autobiography'.\u003cbr\u003e The first book to appear was a two-volume autobiography by Albert Bigelow Payne, published in 1924. \u003cbr\u003eIn 1940, Bernard Devoto published a new autobiography that addressed the shortcomings of Payne's version.\u003cbr\u003e These two autobiographies did not use the entire manuscript of Mark Twain's autobiography and were not well received for their composition.\u003cbr\u003e Charles Nader explains his editing method in the preface, noting the strengths and weaknesses of the two previous autobiographies (pp. 28-33). According to this, Charles Nader's edition of Mark Twain's autobiography was based on the entire manuscript, with some manuscripts omitted at the editor's discretion, and each manuscript was arranged in rough chronological order and divided into chapters.\u003cbr\u003e Even now, half a century after its publication, the autobiography of Mark Twain is still consistently read in the English-speaking world and is considered one of the \"100 best non-fiction books of the 20th century.\" This is the Charles Nader edition of the autobiography.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Twain's signature humor and paradox\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He said, 'The hidden source of humor is not joy, but sadness.\u003cbr\u003e As can be seen from his statement that 'there is no humor in heaven', he had a philosophy about humor.\u003cbr\u003e Moreover, his paradox is never absurd.\u003cbr\u003e You can laugh at it and say it's nonsense, but you can clearly see what he's trying to say and you know that it holds some truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSatire and criticism that goes beyond simple laughter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Criticism and satire of the world are also essential elements.\u003cbr\u003e Since the late 19th century, Twain has been known to have written many critical pieces about American civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe human side of Mark Twain expressed frankly and without reservation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As mentioned earlier, Twain decided to publish this autobiography posthumously in order to pour out everything inside him. \u003cbr\u003ePerhaps that's why he speaks frankly and honestly about everything.\u003cbr\u003e In particular, he has been defrauded and harmed by many people, to the point where he says, \"Of all the people created by God, there is no one who has been defrauded as much as I have,\" and he is quite honest about the people who deceived him.\u003cbr\u003e He also does not hesitate to criticize unconventional figures.\u003cbr\u003e It's about not hiding your feelings.\u003cbr\u003e The following examples of college degrees illustrate Mark Twain's vulnerable side as a human being and his honest expression of his feelings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Origin of the Pen Name 'Mark Twain' - Inimitable Wit and Confidence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mark Twain's real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. \u003cbr\u003eThe scene where he introduces the reason he came to use the pen name Mark Twain is full of wit, humor, and satire, making it feel truly unique.\u003cbr\u003e Here again, we can sense his confidence and pride in what he does, and looking at his autobiography as a whole, we can see that he always had pride in himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eComposition contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Living Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain's Childhood\u003cbr\u003e Chapters 1-11, 14, and 15 are comprised of childhood events.\u003cbr\u003e Especially from Chapter 8 onwards, it feels like rereading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.\u003cbr\u003e No, it's more vivid and fun than that.\u003cbr\u003e Reading the anecdotes about hypnosis in Chapter 11 and the measles anecdotes at the end of Chapter 15 leaves me speechless about the remarkable man that was Mark Twain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A vivid account of his life, from being a printer's apprentice, to a journalist, to a miner, to a waterway guide, to a world-renowned author. \u003cbr\u003eChapter 16 shows Twain dropping out of school and jumping into the workforce after his father's death.\u003cbr\u003e Looking at the parts where he reminisces about his life, we can see at a glance his cheerful and optimistic personality and his natural talent as a writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We can't leave out talking about family.\u003cbr\u003e Twain's human side as a husband and father is movingly portrayed in his meeting with his wife Libby (Chapter 36), his eldest daughter Susie's biography of her father (Chapters 40 and 41), and the deaths of loved ones (Chapters 66-71 and 79).\u003cbr\u003e In particular, the last chapter, Chapter 79, which Twain gave to Paine as the final manuscript of his autobiography, is considered the most impressive part by many English-speaking readers as it conveys the heartbreaking feeling of losing a loved one. \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e GOODS SPECIFICS \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - 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