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Roughing It by Mark Twain ~ Full Audiobook [biography]
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08/21/22
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Roughing It by Mark Twain audiobook.
Genre: biography
Mark Twain's Roughing It is a riotous, clear-eyed memoir of a young man's leap into the vast uncertainties of the American West. When Samuel Clemens follows his brother to the Nevada Territory, he trades the familiar rhythms of the Mississippi for stagecoaches, mining camps, boomtown dreams, and the hard lessons of life on the frontier. From dusty deserts and rough lodging houses to speculative silver claims and quicksilver schemes, Twain chronicles a region where fortunes appear overnight and vanish just as fast. Along the way he meets an unforgettable parade of prospectors, gamblers, entrepreneurs, and would-be legends, and he tests his own ambitions as he tries on one precarious job after another. With sharp satire and storyteller swagger, Twain balances vivid reportage with tall-tale exaggeration, revealing how the West manufactures myth in real time. Beneath the laughter runs a coming-of-age journey: a restless observer learning what is real, what is performance, and what it costs to chase opportunity across an enormous, unruly landscape.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:06:19) Chapter 02
(00:16:24) Chapter 03
(00:31:03) Chapter 04
(00:50:58) Chapter 05
(01:00:27) Chapter 06
(01:11:01) Chapter 07
(01:25:21) Chapter 08
(01:33:46) Chapter 09
(01:43:37) Chapter 10
(01:59:12) Chapter 11
(02:15:55) Chapter 12
(02:35:35) Chapter 13
(02:44:21) Chapter 14
(02:50:48) Chapter 15
(03:03:52) Chapter 16
(03:23:56) Chapter 17
(03:32:56) Chapter 18
(03:40:40) Chapter 19
(03:47:59) Chapter 20
(04:00:36) Chapter 21
(04:17:38) Chapter 22
(04:26:37) Chapter 23
(04:36:52) Chapter 24
(04:47:58) Chapter 25
(04:59:35) Chapter 26
(05:10:40) Chapter 27
(05:18:59) Chapter 28
(05:28:46) Chapter 29
(05:37:34) Chapter 30
(05:46:51) Chapter 31
(06:03:13) Chapter 32
(06:12:35) Chapter 33
(06:17:47) Chapter 34
(06:29:14) Chapter 35
(06:35:38) Chapter 36
(06:47:01) Chapter 37
(06:58:17) Chapter 38
(07:06:32) Chapter 39
(07:17:29) Chapter 40
(07:30:17) Chapter 41
(07:42:41) Chapter 42
(07:53:51) Chapter 43
(08:06:06) Chapter 44
(08:18:24) Chapter 45
(08:30:31) Chapter 46
(08:45:09) Chapter 47
(09:02:46) Chapter 48
(09:16:20) Chapter 49
(09:28:30) Chapter 50
(09:40:09) Chapter 51
(10:01:28) Chapter 52
(10:18:09) Chapter 53
(10:29:52) Chapter 54
(10:43:34) Chapter 55
(11:01:19) Chapter 56
(11:13:05) Chapter 57
(11:21:36) Chapter 58
(11:36:29) Chapter 59
(11:49:06) Chapter 60
(11:57:31) Chapter 61
(12:07:59) Chapter 62
(12:28:40) Chapter 63
(12:37:36) Chapter 64
(12:50:10) Chapter 65
(13:03:48) Chapter 66
(13:16:28) Chapter 67
(13:33:48) Chapter 68
(13:53:42) Chapter 69
(14:04:19) Chapter 70
(14:19:36) Chapter 71
(14:28:44) Chapter 72
(14:39:44) Chapter 73
(14:53:05) Chapter 74
(15:04:07) Chapter 75
(15:12:12) Chapter 76
(15:25:46) Chapter 77
(15:36:17) Chapter 78
(15:46:23) Chapter 79
(15:57:20) Chapter 1
(16:09:10) Chapter 2
(16:18:55) Chapter 3
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The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]
August 21, 2022
•1191m
The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain audiobook.
Genre: comedy
When you dive into Mark Twain’s (Samuel Clemens’) The Innocents Abroad, you have to be ready to learn more about the unadorned, ungilded reality of 19th century “touring” than you might think you want to learn. This is a tough, literary journey. It was tough for Twain and his fellow “pilgrims”, both religious and otherwise. They set out, on a June day in 1867, to visit major tourist sites in Europe and the near east, including Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, “the Holy Land”, and Egypt. What Twain records, in often humorous, sometimes grotesque but always fascinating detail, are the day-to-day ups and downs of discovering the truth about people and places. The truths they learn are often far different than their education and rumor have made them preconceive.
This is a voyage of discovery. It’s long and, in places, tiresome. But it’s revelatory about so much. As with some of his other works, Twain includes popular prejudices of his time, which are today considered socially unacceptable. His references to “Indians”, “Negroes” and “infidels” come to mind.
Beyond the lows, though, there are the highs of Twain’s cutting wit and insight as he guides us along the bumpy and often dangerous voyage.
No need to buckle up. Just take it slow, and steady...like the journey itself.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:18:23) Chapter 2
(00:35:26) Chapter 3
(01:05:20) Chapter 4
(01:44:12) Chapter 5
(02:08:40) Chapter 6
(02:35:14) Chapter 7
(03:18:21) Chapter 8
(03:58:55) Chapter 9
(04:29:47) Chapter 10
(05:17:01) Chapter 11
(05:47:27) Chapter 12
(06:09:49) Chapter 13
(06:37:09) Chapter 14
(06:56:58) Chapter 15
(07:16:46) Chapter 16
(07:55:51) Chapter 17
(08:21:31) Chapter 18
(08:40:34) Chapter 19
(09:13:04) Chapter 20
(09:31:47) Chapter 21
(10:01:07) Chapter 22
(10:24:34) Chapter 23
(10:51:56) Chapter 24
(11:03:13) Chapter 25
(11:34:19) Chapter 26
(11:52:03) Chapter 27
(12:02:08) Chapter 28
(12:22:26) Chapter 29
(12:36:58) Chapter 30
(12:49:26) Chapter 31
(13:02:56) Chapter 32
(13:26:23) Chapter 33
(13:52:55) Chapter 34
(14:11:24) Chapter 35
(14:39:28) Chapter 36
(15:02:38) Chapter 37
(15:24:13) Chapter 38
(15:45:58) Chapter 39
(16:14:17) Chapter 40
(16:27:53) Chapter 41
(17:00:15) Chapter 42
(17:23:59) Chapter 43
(18:00:34) Chapter 44
(18:10:27) Chapter 45
(18:27:52) Chapter 46
(18:59:44) Chapter 47
(19:13:47) Chapter 48
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The American Claimant by Mark Twain ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]
August 21, 2022
•411m
The American Claimant by Mark Twain audiobook.
Genre: comedy
The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectations of monarchic, hierarchical Britain and the upstart, 'all men are created equal' America. Twain wrote the novel with the help of phonographic dictation, the first author (according to Twain himself) to do so. This was also (according to Twain) an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, the first of its kind in fictitious literature. Indeed, all the weather is contained in an appendix, at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to turn to from time to time.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 00
(00:03:18) Chapter 01
(00:18:43) Chapter 02
(00:33:43) Chapter 03
(00:54:58) Chapter 04
(01:05:52) Chapter 05
(01:19:51) Chapter 06
(01:27:37) Chapter 07
(01:36:45) Chapter 08
(01:47:12) Chapter 09
(02:01:23) Chapter 10
(02:19:50) Chapter 11
(02:40:55) Chapter 12
(02:59:45) Chapter 13
(03:18:09) Chapter 14
(03:30:52) Chapter 15
(03:44:53) Chapter 16
(03:58:36) Chapter 17
(04:15:24) Chapter 18
(04:29:56) Chapter 19
(04:44:07) Chapter 20
(04:56:19) Chapter 21
(05:19:49) Chapter 22
(05:37:23) Chapter 23
(05:57:20) Chapter 24
(06:18:13) Chapter 25
(06:36:55) Chapter 26
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