UNLIMITED Audiobooks and eBooks

Over 40,000 books & works on all major devices

Get ALL YOU CAN for FREE for 30 days!

Burlesque Autobiography and First Romance

Mark Twain

Book Overview: 

Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance, a short volume, is Mark Twain's third book. It consists of two stories - First Romance, which had originally appeared in The Express in 1870, and A Burlesque Autobiography (bearing no relationship to Twain's actual life), which first appeared in Twain's Memoranda contributions to the Galaxy. Rather, the content consists of a few short stories of fictional characters who are supposedly part of Twain's lineage.

How does All You Can Books work?

All You Can Books gives you UNLIMITED access to over 40,000 Audiobooks, eBooks, and Foreign Language courses. Download as many audiobooks, ebooks, language audio courses, and language e-workbooks as you want during the FREE trial and it's all yours to keep even if you cancel during the FREE trial. The service works on any major device including computers, smartphones, music players, e-readers, and tablets. You can try the service for FREE for 30 days then it's just $19.99 per month after that. So for the price everyone else charges for just 1 book, we offer you UNLIMITED audio books, e-books and language courses to download and enjoy as you please. No restrictions.

Book Excerpt: 
. . .siness, which, with inconsiderable intervals, was some forty-two years. In fact, he died in harness. During all those long years he gave such satisfaction that he never was through with one contract a week till government gave him another. He was a perfect pet. And he was always a favorite with his fellow-artists, and was a conspicuous member of their benevolent secret society, called the Chain Gang. He always wore his hair short, had a preference for striped clothes, and died lamented by the government. He was a sore loss to his country. For he was so regular.

Some years later we have the illustrious John Morgan Twain. He came over to this country with Columbus in 1492, as a passenger. He appears to have been of a crusty, uncomfortable disposition. He complained of the food all the way over, and was always threatening to go ashore unless there was a change. He wanted fresh shad. Hardly a day passed over his head that he did not go idling about the ship with hi. . . Read More

Community Reviews

The fact people are out there who, "don't get it," is proof the story and its writer were ahead of their time to such a degree that we may still not have reached it.

Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography; and First Romance by Mark Twain

Adventurous, funny, lighthearted.

Medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25 Stars

This is obviously fict

Very interesting this man’s behind the scenes book. Truly a exciting person.

The Burlesque Autobiography by Mark Twain is another nonsensical spoof from one of America’s best 19th Century authors. This short work is split in two parts. The first part is a humorous account of Mark Twain’s conjured ancestry. Sprinkled with absurd names, alias’ and deeds the family tree soon fi

An insulting little read where Twain lies about his history and leaves the reader dangling at the end. The gall! The nerve! Shameless.

Good but a little strange. It took me a while to realize it was a face. That is where the word Burlesque comes in.