Mark twain autobiography chapter 9

Autobiographical stories by Mark Twain

Chapters from My Autobiography are 25 pieces of autobiographical work published by American author Mark Twain in the North American Review between September 1906 and December 1907.

Rather than following the standard form of an autobiography, they comprise a rambling collection of anecdotes and ruminations. Much of the text was dictated.

These chapters comprise only a fraction of the autobiographical work written by Twain.

Mark twain autobiography chapter 9

Other material, which was unpublished and in a disorganised state at the time of Twain's death in 1910, was progressively collated and published over the next 100 years in various forms.

Chapters

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 appeared in the September 7, 1906 issue of the North American Review.^[1] Twain tells his readers that his autobiography won't be about “showy episodes” in his life, but rather about common experiences from the life of an average person.

Then he writes