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" Dangerous intimacy : "
Karen Lystra.
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BL
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961421
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b715791
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Lystra, Karen.
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Dangerous intimacy : : the untold story of Mark Twain's final years /\ Karen Lystra.
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (xxi, 342 pages) :: illustrations
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0520233239
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: 9781283277143
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: 9781417508341
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: 9781597345712
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: 9786613277145
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0520233239
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0520250001
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9780520233232
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9780520250000
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-324) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Mark Twain--Sam's women -- 2. Heartbreak -- 3. Rearranging the household -- 4. Looking for love -- 5. A pact with the devil -- 6. Life in the sanitarium -- 7. Someone to love him and pet him -- 8. A viper to her bosom -- 9. Innocence at home -- 10. Stormfield -- 11. An American Lear -- 12. Illusions of love -- 13. Unraveling -- 14. The exile returns -- 15. Confrontation -- 16. A formidable adversary -- 17. False exoneration -- 18. The funniest joke in the world -- 19. Melting marble with ice -- 20. The end of my autobiography -- How little one may tell.
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The last phase of Mark Twain's life is sadly familiar: Crippled by losses and tragedies, America's greatest humorist sank into a deep and bitter depression. It is also wrong. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were--lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm.
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Lyon, Isabel,1863-1958.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Finance, Personal.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Last years.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Relations with private secretaries.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Relations with women.
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Lyon, Isabel,1863-1958.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Dernières années.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Et les femmes.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Et les secrétaires particuliers.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Finances personnelles.
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Lyon, Isabel, 1863-1958
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Lyon, Isabel,(1863-1958)
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Lyon, Isabel,1863-1958.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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Twain, Mark,(1835-1910)-- Dernières années.
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Twain, Mark,(1835-1910)-- Et les femmes.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910.
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Twain, Mark.
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Authors, American-- 19th century, Biography.
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Authors, American-- 20th century, Biography.
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Écrivains américains-- 19e siècle, Biographies.
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Authors, American.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Literary.
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Finance, Personal.
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Last years of a person's life.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Relations with private secretaries.
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Relations with women.
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| Dewey Classification
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818/.409B
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| LC Classification
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PS1332.L97 2004eb
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18.06bcl
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HT 4705rvk
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