Mark Twain and the Happy Island
Elizabeth Wallace
Read by John Greenman
This Mark Twain Memoir by Elizabeth Wallace paints an idyllic portrait of his time in Bermuda, not long before his death in 1910. Wallace and Twain met in Bermuda in 1908, became fast friends, and shared time together on the island and regular correspondence until 6 weeks before Twain's death. According to one academician, "Wallace’s deep affection for Twain is evident in her writings, so she also may have wished to burnish his legacy. As a result, Happy Island is a popular treatment in a breezy, occasionally sentimental style. It portrays Twain as a fun and caring friend but only hints at weightier matters." - Summary by John Greenman (2 hr 23 min)
Chapters
I. The Sign of the Shell | 10:20 | Read by John Greenman |
II. How history May Be Taught | 8:47 | Read by John Greenman |
III. Some Literary Gossip | 9:37 | Read by John Greenman |
IV. Spanish Point | 14:23 | Read by John Greenman |
V. The Island Without Mark Twain | 10:41 | Read by John Greenman |
VI. The Return | 8:46 | Read by John Greenman |
VII. Battleships and Society | 9:23 | Read by John Greenman |
VIII. Mark Twain's Aquarium | 8:18 | Read by John Greenman |
IX. Odds and Ends | 7:44 | Read by John Greenman |
X. The King and Kipling | 10:18 | Read by John Greenman |
XI. Stormfield | 10:30 | Read by John Greenman |
XII. Stormfield, Happily Continued | 10:14 | Read by John Greenman |
XIII. Letters | 24:58 | Read by John Greenman |