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  1. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Published: ©2004
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0520940377; 1417508345; 9780520940376; 9781417508341
    RVK Categories: HT 4705
    Subjects: 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; Authors, American; Authors, American
    Other subjects: Twain, Mark / 1835-1910 / Last years / Relations with private secretaries / Relations with women / Finance, Personal; Lyon, Isabel / 1863-1958 / Last years / Relations with private secretaries / Relations with women / Finance, Personal; Lyon, Isabel / 1863-1958; Twain, Mark / 1835-1910; Twain, Mark (1835-1910); Twain, Mark (1835-1910); Twain, Mark (1835-1910); Twain, Mark (1835-1910); Lyon, Isabel (1863-1958); Twain, Mark (1835-1910); Lyon, Isabel (1863-1958)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 342 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-324) and index

    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

  2. Dangerous intimacy
    the untold story of Mark Twain's final years
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    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... more

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    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, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780520940376; 0520940377; 1417508345; 9781417508341
    RVK Categories: HT 4705
    Subjects: Authors, American; Authors, American; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; LITERARY CRITICISM; Authors, American; Finance, Personal; Last years of a person's life; Relations with private secretaries; Relations with women
    Other subjects: Twain, Mark (1835-1910)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 342 Seiten), Illustrationen
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-324) and index