The Autobiography of Mark Twain Study Guide

Introducing this volume in 1959, editor Charles Neider attempts to give the reader an account of Mark Twain's autobiography. Twain began making notes for it as early as the 1870's, but it wasn't a completed work when he died in 1910. By that time, he had switched to dictating his memories to a secretary. Twain found that when he used his pen, the narrative was more literary that he wanted it to be. (read more)