马克·吐温自传

马克·吐温(1835～1910)，原名萨缪尔·克莱门斯(Samuel clemens) ，美国著名的幽默大师、小说家。 派灵顿教授说：“他是一个真正的美国作家——在美国土生土长，用 自己的思想、自己的眼睛、自己的语言进行创作……他是地方的、西部的 、又是美国大陆的作家。”要读懂美国，无论如何不可能绕过马克·吐温 。要读马克·吐温，自然免不了要读他的自传。 马克·吐温说，在这本自传里，他会“像写情书那样写得真诚、坦率 、不受拘束、不感到为难”。他还说：“2006年之后我的《自传》一出版 ，势必会引起轰动，而我将同一些老伙计在天上游荡，注视着这一切。” 2006年已经过去，让我们邀请你一起来品味马克·吐温的卓越语言艺术。

INTRODUCTION PREFACE EARLY FRAGMENTS 1870-1877 [Written about 1870 The Tennessee Land [Written in 1877 Early Years in Florida, Missouri THE GRANT DICTATIONS 1885 [Dictated in 1885 The Chicago G. A. R. Festival [Dictated in 1885 Grant and the Chinese [Dictated in 1885 A Call with W. D. Howells on General Grant [Dictated in 1885 About General Grant's "Memoirs" [Dictated in 1885 Gerhardt and the Grant Bust [Dictated 1885 The Reverend Doctor N- Visits General Grant [Written in the closing days of 1890 The Machine Episode CHAPTERS BEGUN IN VIENNA 1897-8 [Written 1897-8 Early Days Jane Lampton Clemens [Written about 1898 Playing "Bear" - Herrings - Jim Wolf and the Cats Jim Wolf and the Cats [Written about 1898 Macfarlane [Written in 1898 Old Lecture Days in Boston [Written about 1898 Ralph Keeler [Written in 1898. Vienna Beauties of the German Language [Written Sunday, June 26, 1898. Kaltenleutgeben A Viennese Procession [Written 1898. Vienna Comment on Tautology and Grammar [Written in 1900 Private History of a Ms. That Came to Grief CHAPTERS ADDED IN FLORENCE Author's Note [Florence, January, 1904 Villa Quarto [Florence, April, 1904 Notes on "Innocents Abroad". [Florence, April, 1904 Stevenson, Aldrich, etc Henry H. Rogers [Added in 1909 Henry H. Rogers (continued) INTERVAL OF TWO YEARS [January 9, 1906 [New York, January 10, 1906 [New York, January 12, 1906 [New York, January 13, 1906 [New York, January 15, 1,906 [New York, January 15th, continued Dictated on January 16th. [New York, January 16th, continued Dictated Wednesday, January 17th About General Sickles [New York, Thursday, January 18, 1906 [New York, Friday, January 19, 1906 About Dueling [New York, Tuesday, January 23, 1906 The Character of Man [New York, Wednesday, January 24, 1906 [New York, Thursday, February 1, 1906 [New York, February 1, 1906 [New York, Friday, February 2, 1906 [New York, Monday, February 5, 1906 [New York, Tuesday, February 6, 1906 [Wednesday, February 7, 1906 [New York, Thursday, February 8, 1906 [New York, Friday, February 9, 1906 [New York, Monday, February 12, 1906 [New York, Tuesday, February 13, 1906 [New York, Thursday, February 15, 1906 [Friday, February 16, 1906 [Tuesday, February 20, 1906 [New York, Wednesday, February 21, 1906 [New York, Thursday, February 22, 1906 [Friday, February 23, 1906 [Monday, February 26, 1906 [April 29, 1885 [Monday, March 5, 1906 [Tuesday, March 6, 1906 [Wednesday, March 7, 1906 [Thursday, March 8, 1906 [Friday, March 9, 1906 [Monday, March 12, 1906 [Wednesday, March 14, 1906 [Monday, March 5, 1906 (Dictated March 15th) Definition of a Gentleman [Friday, March 16, 1906 [Wednesday, March 21, 1906. [Friday, March 22, 1906 [Friday, March 23, 1906 [Monday, March 26, 1906 [Tuesday, March 27, 1906 [Wednesday, March 28, 1906 [Thursday, March 29, 1906 [Friday, March 30, 1906 [Monday, April 2, 1906 [Wednesday, April 4, 1906 [Thursday, April 5, 1906 [Friday, April 6, 1906 [Monday, April 9, 1906 [Tuesday, April 10, 1906 [Wednesday, April 11, 1906