{"product_id":"2026200010015-secondhand-the-selected-letters-of-mark-twain","title":"The Selected Letters Of Mark Twain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn\/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew American writers cast as long a shadow as Samuel Langhorne Clemens — the man the world knows as Mark Twain — and this curated collection of his personal correspondence offers an unfiltered window into the mind of a literary giant. Edited with an insightful introduction and commentary by Charles Neider, the volume presents letters that chronicle Twain's turbulent life: his Mississippi River boyhood, his adventures as a journalist and lecturer, his celebrated friendships, his devastating financial losses, and his grief-stricken final years, all rendered in his inimitable voice — by turns sardonic, tender, furious, and achingly funny.\n\nTwain's letters are nothing less than a self-portrait in prose, crackling with the same wit and moral intelligence that animate The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Neider's judicious editorial hand draws out the man behind the myth, presenting correspondence that illuminates both the private and the public Twain with remarkable clarity. For scholars and general readers alike, this collection stands as an indispensable companion to his fiction — a reminder that even in a personal letter dashed off before breakfast, Twain could not help but be brilliant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130627760347,"sku":"2026200010015-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e4570d50-0ace-46b0-986f-782351315cb8.png?v=1786587913","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010015-secondhand-the-selected-letters-of-mark-twain","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}