Mark Twain back on best-seller lists with memoir
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Dewaashita
Sounds nicely familiar. What is the French translation of "the more things change, the more they stay the same?" Mr. FreeSpeech, where are you, mon ami?
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pamelot
I look forward to reading it.
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bonestructure
No one could skewer politicians and fools like Twain. And most of his observations about humanity remain true.
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JohnBecker
@Dewaashita: that would be "plus ça change, plus c'est la meme chose".
Mark Twain's writings define "wit".
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'même'
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Dewaashita
"that would be "plus ça change, plus c'est la meme chose".
JohnBecker, thank you!
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paulinusa
“There is no sadder thing than a young pessimist‚ except an old optimist.” Mark Twain
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Dewaashita
"“There is no sadder thing than a young pessimist‚ except an old optimist.” Mark Twain"
Paulinusa, that is funny.
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paulinusa
Dewaashita: What's truly amazing is that the things he said over 100 years ago are true even today(as bonestructure said). The years go by but people never change. His quotes are timeless.
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terebiko
Dewaashita, that quote is found in French and English in the song Circumstances by Rush. This DOES sound like a great read. Looking forward to it. Can you imagine the number of books Twain could've written if he was looking at the post-war Japanese government? Boggles the mind.
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Dewaashita
"that quote is found in French and English in the song Circumstances by Rush"
Terebiko, thanks!
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LoveUSA
I find it even sadder that students of English literature at Japanese universities have never heard the name of Mark Twain.
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LoveUSA
PS I meant English Language not English Literature cause he is american.
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MisterCreosote
Maybe there is still hope for us...
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Mark_McCracken
Isn't anything Mark Twain wrote now in the public domain? I suppose some people like holding a book, but why not just wait until his writings are online and download them?
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jruaustralia
INTRIGUING, but perhaps we’ll be reading his own version of The White Man’s Burden. Did he foresee the great military industrial complexes of the early 20th century coming, I wonder.
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jruaustralia
As one of those 'celebrities' of his days-- along with KIPLING-- who vigorously opposed the Philippine-American War, I highly commend this auto-biography. Mark Twain's Weapons of Satire: Anti-Imperialist Writings on the Philippine-American War. (1992, Jim Zwick, ed.) would be an interesting read along with his memoir.
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jruaustralia
They probably have to delay the publications of some of his commentaries, most likely on the affairs of the time. WHAT'S NEW HOWEVER is it'll be published as the author wished it for us to read.... in non-chronological order :)
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stormcrow
Twain didn't want the book published until now so it should be insightful to see what kind of critical pokes he takes at anyone or anything.
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