This is an absorbing portrait of a literary genius, whose muse was the desire for wealth and fortune, and whose misplaced entrepreneurial enthusiasms more then once endandgered the very money he had worked so hard to earn. Journalist, lecturer, publisher, businessmes and speculator, as well as author and socialiteSamuel Langhorne Clemens was a man of many and conflicting talents. Here Andrew Hoffman peels back the layers to lay bare the essence of on of the world's greatest literary talents.
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This provocative, definitive biography explores the revealing and resonant contradictions between the true character of Samuel Clemens and his self-created alter ego, Mark Twain.
Richly detailed and filled with new information from primary sources, Inventing Mark Twain traces an extraordinary life that led from Mississippi steamboats to the California goldfields to cultural immortality as America's national philosopher.
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Etat : Bueno. With B&W Illustrations (illustrateur). : Descubre la fascinante vida de Samuel Langhorne Clemens, el genio literario detrás del seudónimo Mark Twain. Andrew Hoffman desentraña las múltiples facetas de este hombre de talento, desde periodista y conferenciante hasta editor, empresario y figura social. Sumérgete en un retrato absorbente que revela cómo el deseo de riqueza y los desafíos empresariales influyeron en la creación de uno de los mayores talentos literarios del mundo. Esta biografía explora la vida de Samuel Langhorne Clemens, mostrando cómo se transformó en el icónico Mark Twain y cómo sus experiencias personales y ambiciones moldearon su obra literaria. EAN: 9780297815365 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Otros Título: Inventing Mark Twain Autor: Andrew Jay Hoffman Editorial: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Idioma: en Páginas: 572 Formato: tapa dura. N° de réf. du vendeur Happ-2025-06-05-51f61bcf
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