Dangerous intimacy : the untold story of Mark Twain's final years /

The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were--lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, bu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lystra, Karen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Last years.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Relations with private secretaries.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Relations with women.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Finance, Personal.
Lyon, Isabel, > 1863-1958.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Dernières années.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Et les secrétaires particuliers.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Et les femmes.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Finances personnelles.
Lyon, Isabel, > 1863-1958
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910
Lyon, Isabel > 1863-1958
Twain, Mark > 1835-1910
Twain, Mark, > (1835-1910) > Dernières années.
Twain, Mark, > (1835-1910) > Et les femmes.
Lyon, Isabel, > (1863-1958)
Twain, Mark.
1800-1999
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Écrivains américains > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Authors, American
Finance, Personal
Last years of a person's life
Relations with private secretaries
Relations with women
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Mark Twain--Sam's women
  • 2. Heartbreak
  • 3. Rearranging the household
  • 4. Looking for love
  • 5. A pact with the devil
  • 6. Life in the sanitarium
  • 7. Someone to love him and pet him
  • 8. A viper to her bosom
  • 9. Innocence at home
  • 10. Stormfield
  • 11. An American Lear
  • 12. Illusions of love
  • 13. Unraveling
  • 14. The exile returns
  • 15. Confrontation
  • 16. A formidable adversary
  • 17. False exoneration
  • 18. The funniest joke in the world
  • 19. Melting marble with ice
  • 20. The end of my autobiography
  • How little one may tell.

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