{"product_id":"autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-1-by-mark-twain-9780520430884","title":"Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Twain's final and uncensored masterpiece, presented in three volumes, is a landmark publication in American literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwain will begin to seem strange again, alluring and still astonishing . . . in ways that still resonate with us.\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis crystalline humour and expansive range are a continuous source of delight and awe.\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"I've struck it!\" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. \"And I will give it away—to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography.\" Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his \"Final (and Right) Plan\" for telling the story of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis innovative notion—to \"talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment\"—meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be \"dead, and unaware, and indifferent,\" and that he was therefore free to speak his \"whole frank mind.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honour of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press is proud to offer for the first time \u003cem\u003eMark Twain's uncensored autobiography\u003c\/em\u003e in its entirety and exactly as he left it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis major literary event brings to readers, admirers, and scholars the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humour, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48240706519276,"sku":"9780520430884","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520430884-autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-1-1.jpg?v=1787924590","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-1-by-mark-twain-9780520430884","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}