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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/20/books/20twain.html?pagewanted=1

>mfw Mark Twain's autobiography is selling a shit ton of copies

FAITH IN AMERICA RESTORED

>> No.1297903

>mfw 74.37% of them sit on coffee tables, unopened

>> No.1297910

>be Mark Twain
>write autobiography
>die
>leave instructions to only have your autobiography published 100 years after you die
>???
>profit?

>> No.1297914

>>1297910
one word: badass.

>> No.1297928

I have never read any Twain but am compelled by his badassity to start, where should I start?

>> No.1297932

I know that a lot won't believe me, but I don't think this is good. Mark Twain is evil.

>> No.1297933

>>1297928
Huckleberry Finn

>> No.1297937
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1297937

>>1297932

Explain your shit.

>> No.1297939

>>1297928

Yeah, most will probably tell you Huck Finn is his greatest work, and it is, really.

I actually read through his works chronologically, which is pretty entertaining. The only bad thing is that you end with his ultra-depressing fuck-the-human-race stuff.

>> No.1297947

>>1297928
there was a claymation done that's a loose collection of some of his works that you might like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIe2206oLU

This is pretty neat too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGGAjMg9vw

>> No.1297957

>>1297947

I fucking LOVE the Mysterious Stranger sequence.

>> No.1297977

Tom Sawyer is my favorite, though. I just love the feeling of inocence and wonder, and yet it's not completely safe from cynism. It's a very simple story with great characters, and I've always loved it.

I suppose Huck Finn is superior, yeah, but I don't like it as much. There's an actual plot in it, and although that's obviously a good thing, the lack of a major plot in TS is what makes me love it.

>> No.1298018

>>1297977

This--if you're new to Twain, read Tom Sawyer first, then Huck Finn.

Huck is sort of a sequel, but it's more like "two sides of the same coin," the fun adventures of a snot-nosed youth who refuses to grow up, and his younger friend who is forced to.

I love them both. I'd probably pick Huck Finn as the "better" book overall, but a lot of groundwork for it is laid by Sawyer.