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
53DISAPPEARANCE OF LITERATURE
2PREFACE
54THE NEW YORK PRESS CLUB DINNER
3THE STORY OF A SPEECH
55THE ALPHABET AND SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
4PLYMOUTH ROCK AND THE PILGRIMS
56SPELLING AND PICTURES
5COMPLIMENTS AND DEGREES
57BOOKS AND BURGLARS
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6BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND HATS
58AUTHORS’ CLUB
7DEDICATION SPEECH
59BOOKSELLERS
8DIE SCHRECKEN DER DEUTSCHEN SPRACHE [THE HORRORS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE]
60“MARK TWAIN’S FIRST APPEARANCE”
9GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS
61MORALS AND MEMORY
10A NEW GERMAN WORD
62QUEEN VICTORIA
11UNCONSCIOUS PLAGIARISM
63JOAN OF ARC
12THE WEATHER
64ACCIDENT INSURANCE—ETC.
13THE BABIES
65OSTEOPATHY
14OUR CHILDREN AND GREAT DISCOVERIES
66WATER-SUPPLY
15EDUCATING THEATRE-GOERS
67MISTAKEN IDENTITY
16THE EDUCATIONAL THEATRE
68CATS AND CANDY
17POETS AS POLICEMEN
69OBITUARY POETRY
18PUDD’NHEAD WILSON DRAMATIZED
70CIGARS AND TOBACCO
19DALY THEATRE
71BILLIARDS
20THE DRESS OF CIVILIZED WOMAN
72THE UNION RIGHT OR WRONG
21DRESS REFORM AND COPYRIGHT
73AN IDEAL FRENCH ADDRESS
22COLLEGE GIRLS
74STATISTICS
23GIRLS
75GALVESTON ORPHAN BAZAAR
24THE LADIES
76SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
25WOMAN’S PRESS CLUB
77CHARITY AND ACTORS
26VOTES FOR WOMEN
78RUSSIAN REPUBLIC
27WOMAN-AN OPINION
79RUSSIAN SUFFERERS
28ADVICE TO GIRLS
80WATTERSON AND TWAIN AS REBELS
29TAXES AND MORALS
81ROBERT FULTON FUND
30TAMMANY AND CROKER
82FULTON DAY, JAMESTOWN
31MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION
83LOTOS CLUB DINNER IN HONOR OF MARK TWAIN
32MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
84IN AID OF THE BLIND
33CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES
85DR. MARK TWAIN, FARMEOPATH
34THEORETICAL MORALS
86MISSOURI UNIVERSITY SPEECH
35LAYMAN’S SERMON
87BUSINESS
36UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY
88CARNEGIE THE BENEFACTOR
37PUBLIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
89ON POETRY, VERACITY, AND SUICIDE
38EDUCATION AND CITIZENSHIP
90WELCOME HOME
39COURAGE
91AN UNDELIVERED SPEECH
40THE DINNER TO MR. CHOATE
92SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY
41ON STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE
93TO THE WHITEFRIARS
42HENRY M. STANLEY
94THE ASCOT GOLD CUP
43DINNER TO MR. JEROME
95THE SAVAGE CLUB DINNER
44HENRY IRVING
96GENERAL MILES AND THE DOG
45DINNER TO HAMILTON W. MABIE
97WHEN IN DOUBT, TELL THE TRUTH
46INTRODUCING NYE AND RILEY
98THE DAY WE CELEBRATE
47DINNER TO WHITELAW REID
99INDEPENDENCE DAY
48ROGERS AND RAILROADS
100AMERICANS AND THE ENGLISH
49THE OLD-FASHIONED PRINTER
101ABOUT LONDON
50SOCIETY OF AMERICAN AUTHORS
102PRINCETON
51READING-ROOM OPENING
103THE ST. LOUIS HARBOR-BOAT “MARK TWAIN”
52LITERATURE
104SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
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