Length9h 27m
About this audiobook
American novelist and humorist Mark Twain was a captivating public speaker, and this affordable volume brings together a generous selection of his best speeches. Contents include his famous 70th birthday address, delivered at a 1905 gala; his classic oration on "Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims"; and the perennial favorite, "Horrors of the German Language."
Audiobook details
GenreTravel, General Fiction
Length9 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
26VOTES FOR WOMEN
2PREFACE
27WOMAN-AN OPINION
3THE STORY OF A SPEECH
28ADVICE TO GIRLS
4PLYMOUTH ROCK AND THE PILGRIMS
29TAXES AND MORALS
5COMPLIMENTS AND DEGREES
30TAMMANY AND CROKER
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6BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND HATS
31MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION
7DEDICATION SPEECH
32MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
8DIE SCHRECKEN DER DEUTSCHEN SPRACHE [THE HORRORS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE]
33CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES
9GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS
34THEORETICAL MORALS
10A NEW GERMAN WORD
35LAYMAN’S SERMON
11UNCONSCIOUS PLAGIARISM
36UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY
12THE WEATHER
37PUBLIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
13THE BABIES
38EDUCATION AND CITIZENSHIP
14OUR CHILDREN AND GREAT DISCOVERIES
39COURAGE
15EDUCATING THEATRE-GOERS
40THE DINNER TO MR. CHOATE
16THE EDUCATIONAL THEATRE
41ON STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE
17POETS AS POLICEMEN
42HENRY M. STANLEY
18PUDD’NHEAD WILSON DRAMATIZED
43DINNER TO MR. JEROME
19DALY THEATRE
44HENRY IRVING
20THE DRESS OF CIVILIZED WOMAN
45DINNER TO HAMILTON W. MABIE
21DRESS REFORM AND COPYRIGHT
46INTRODUCING NYE AND RILEY
22COLLEGE GIRLS
47DINNER TO WHITELAW REID
23GIRLS
48ROGERS AND RAILROADS
24THE LADIES
49THE OLD-FASHIONED PRINTER
25WOMAN’S PRESS CLUB
50SOCIETY OF AMERICAN AUTHORS
