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This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attributes Clemens' increasing sense of pessimism to the repression of his creative spirit due largely to his mother and his wife. (Summary by Wikipedia and Lucretia B)

Ordeal of Mark Twain, The by Van Wyck Brooks (1886 - 1963‪)‬ LibriVox

    • Arts

This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attributes Clemens' increasing sense of pessimism to the repression of his creative spirit due largely to his mother and his wife. (Summary by Wikipedia and Lucretia B)

    01 - Chapter I - Introductory: Mark Twain's Despair, Part 1

    01 - Chapter I - Introductory: Mark Twain's Despair, Part 1

    • 31 min
    02 - Chapter I - Introductory: Mark Twain's Despair, Part 2

    02 - Chapter I - Introductory: Mark Twain's Despair, Part 2

    • 36 min
    03 - Chapter II - The Candidate for Life, Part 1

    03 - Chapter II - The Candidate for Life, Part 1

    • 32 min
    04 - Chapter II - The Candidate for Life, Part 2

    04 - Chapter II - The Candidate for Life, Part 2

    • 38 min
    05 - Chapter III - The Gilded Age, Part 1

    05 - Chapter III - The Gilded Age, Part 1

    • 31 min
    06 - Chapter III - The Gilded Age, Part 2

    06 - Chapter III - The Gilded Age, Part 2

    • 30 min

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