Mark Twains Letters

"Nowhere is the human being more truly revealed than in his letters. Not in literary letters-prepared with care, and the thought of possible publication-but in those letters wrought out of the press of circumstances, and with no idea of print in mind."

-Albert Bigelow Paine, Foreword, Mark Twains Letters (1917)

Mark Twains Letters (in two volumes) is a collection of letters by Mark Twain, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937), Twains literary estate agent and biographer, and published posthumously in 1917.

These letters offer us a glimpse into the character of Mark Twain and show us the background to his books. These letters are a must for anyone interested in one of Americas greatest writers, Mark Twain.