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Twain Dreams

by John Jeremiah Sullivan,

The enigma of Samuel Clemens

Distant Mirrors

by Christopher Carroll,

One hundred seventy-five years of rupture and revolution

Dreamland

by Mark Twain,

I once awoke from a dream while crossing Bond Street in New York with a friend, and it was snowing hard. We had been talking, and there had been no…

Humor

by Mark Twain,

Repetition is a mighty power in the domain of humor. I undertook to prove the truth of this forty years ago in San Francisco on the occasion of my second…

From a letter to Mark Twain, postmarked October 1, 1879, from Carl Jensen, a customs officer in Stubbekøbing, Denmark. Twain’s annotation reads, “Preserve this remarkable letter.” Dear Mark Twain: Letters…

Democracy 101

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Mark Twain's farewell address

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Art by Jeffrey Smith,

Sitting in darkness

by Mark Twain,

Mark’s twang

by Harper’s Staff,

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by Jacques Lowe,

Copyright piracy, circa 1872

by Mark Twain,

Mark Twain

Twain Dreams

Distant Mirrors

Dreamland

Humor

Incoherence Abroad

Democracy 101

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Sitting in darkness

Mark’s twang

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Copyright piracy, circa 1872

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Twain Dreams

Distant Mirrors

Dreamland

Humor

Incoherence Abroad

Democracy 101

Untitled

Sitting in darkness

Mark’s twang

Untitled

Copyright piracy, circa 1872

June 1997

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