Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 1
Mark Twain
Read by John Greenman
Spanning the time between 1872 and the year before he died, this collection of after-dinner speeches, random thoughts to "the press", etc. clearly documents, once again, the truly eclectic mind of Samuel Clemens. It also demonstrates how he dealt with adulation, compliments and notoriety...head on! This collection is a treasure-trove of Twain sayings, witticisms and pronouncements on a huge galaxy of issues and concerns in his life. (Summary by John Greenman) (12 hr 6 min)
Chapters
| Introduction | 3:13 | Read by John Greenman |
| Preface | 1:53 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Story of a Speech | 25:42 | Read by John Greenman |
| Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims | 15:27 | Read by John Greenman |
| Compliments and Degrees | 9:24 | Read by John Greenman |
| Books, Authors and Hats | 17:53 | Read by John Greenman |
| Dedication Speech | 2:06 | Read by John Greenman |
| Die Schrecken Der Deuschen Sprache (The Horrors of the German Language) | 7:46 | Read by John Greenman |
| German for the Hungarians | 3:49 | Read by John Greenman |
| A New German Word | 1:24 | Read by John Greenman |
| Unconscious Plagiarism | 5:28 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Weather | 8:49 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Babies | 8:35 | Read by John Greenman |
| Our Children and Great Discoveies | 3:11 | Read by John Greenman |
| Educating Theatre-goers | 4:34 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Educational Theatre | 4:13 | Read by John Greenman |
| Poets as Policemen | 1:50 | Read by John Greenman |
| Pudd'nhead Wilson Dramatized | 1:39 | Read by John Greenman |
| Daly Theatre | 6:47 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Dress of Civilized Woman | 3:00 | Read by John Greenman |
| Dress Reform and Copyright | 8:17 | Read by John Greenman |
| College Girls | 2:23 | Read by John Greenman |
| Girls | 3:12 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Ladies | 8:24 | Read by John Greenman |
| Woman's Press Club | 2:50 | Read by John Greenman |
| Votes for Women | 5:14 | Read by John Greenman |
| Woman-An Opinion | 5:27 | Read by John Greenman |
| Advice to Girls | 1:58 | Read by John Greenman |
| Taxes and Morals | 9:40 | Read by John Greenman |
| Tamany and Croker | 6:13 | Read by John Greenman |
| Municipal Corruption | 8:12 | Read by John Greenman |
| Municipal Government | 8:22 | Read by John Greenman |
| China and the Philippines | 2:11 | Read by John Greenman |
| Theoretical Morals | 10:01 | Read by John Greenman |
| Layman's Sermon | 6:48 | Read by John Greenman |
| University Settlement Society | 5:44 | Read by John Greenman |
| Public Education Association | 4:48 | Read by John Greenman |
| Education and Citizenship | 7:06 | Read by John Greenman |
| Courage | 2:05 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Dinner to Mr. Choate | 4:00 | Read by John Greenman |
| On Stanley and Livingstone | 5:22 | Read by John Greenman |
| Henry M. Stanley | 4:20 | Read by John Greenman |
| Dinner to Mr. Jerome | 3:05 | Read by John Greenman |
| Henry Irving | 4:34 | Read by John Greenman |
| Dinner to Mr. Hamilton W. Mabie | 5:57 | Read by John Greenman |
| Introducing Nye and Riley | 6:00 | Read by John Greenman |
| Dinner to Whitelaw Reid | 7:28 | Read by John Greenman |
| Rogers and Railroads | 11:16 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Old-fashioned Printer | 7:00 | Read by John Greenman |
| Society of American Authors | 4:24 | Read by John Greenman |
| Reading-Room Opening | 3:06 | Read by John Greenman |
| Literature | 3:26 | Read by John Greenman |
| Disappearance of Literature | 6:26 | Read by John Greenman |
| The New York Press Club Dinner | 2:25 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Alphabet and Simplified Spelling | 7:34 | Read by John Greenman |
| Spelling and Pictures | 16:15 | Read by John Greenman |
| Books and Burglars | 2:52 | Read by John Greenman |
| Authors' Club | 5:07 | Read by John Greenman |
| Booksellers | 5:33 | Read by John Greenman |
| "Mark Twain's First Appearance" | 4:55 | Read by John Greenman |
| Morals and Memory | 24:00 | Read by John Greenman |
| Queen Victoria | 4:59 | Read by John Greenman |
| Joan of Arc | 13:50 | Read by John Greenman |
| Accident Insurance-etc. | 4:53 | Read by John Greenman |
| Osteopathy | 6:32 | Read by John Greenman |
| Water-Supply | 2:39 | Read by John Greenman |
| Mistaken Indentity | 6:04 | Read by John Greenman |
| Cats and Candy | 3:36 | Read by John Greenman |
| Obituary Poetry | 1:50 | Read by John Greenman |
| Cigars and Tobacco | 4:07 | Read by John Greenman |
| Billiards | 1:47 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Union Right and Wrong | 6:09 | Read by John Greenman |
| An Ideal French Address | 4:22 | Read by John Greenman |
| Statistics | 3:56 | Read by John Greenman |
| Galveston Orphan Bazaar | 5:25 | Read by John Greenman |
| SanFrancisco Earthquake | 2:08 | Read by John Greenman |
| Charity and Actors | 3:24 | Read by John Greenman |
| Russian Republic | 2:25 | Read by John Greenman |
| Russian Sufferers | 11:45 | Read by John Greenman |
| Watterson and Twain as Rebels | 4:24 | Read by John Greenman |
| Robert Fulton Fund | 8:53 | Read by John Greenman |
| Fulton Day, Jamestown | 10:18 | Read by John Greenman |
| Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Mark Twain | 7:45 | Read by John Greenman |
| Copyright | 14:26 | Read by John Greenman |
| In Aid of the Blind | 19:32 | Read by John Greenman |
| Dr. Mark Twain, Farmeopath | 7:53 | Read by John Greenman |
| Missouri University Speech | 4:53 | Read by John Greenman |
| Business | 7:42 | Read by John Greenman |
| Carnegie the Benefactor | 2:41 | Read by John Greenman |
| On Poetry, Veracity, and Suicide | 6:47 | Read by John Greenman |
| Welcome Home | 14:39 | Read by John Greenman |
| An Undelivered speech | 7:33 | Read by John Greenman |
| Sixty-Seventh Birthday | 21:30 | Read by John Greenman |
| To The Whitefriars | 14:39 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Ascot Gold Cup | 3:37 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Savage Club Dinner | 13:34 | Read by John Greenman |
| General Miles and the Dog | 6:10 | Read by John Greenman |
| When in Doubt, Tell the Truth | 7:42 | Read by John Greenman |
| The Day We Celebrate | 5:16 | Read by John Greenman |
| Independence Day | 15:19 | Read by John Greenman |
| Americans and the English | 7:23 | Read by John Greenman |
| About London | 9:59 | Read by John Greenman |
| Princeton | 1:25 | Read by John Greenman |
| The St. Louis Harbor-Boat "Mark Twain" | 2:16 | Read by John Greenman |
| Seventieth Birthday | 19:33 | Read by John Greenman |
Reviews
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A LibriVox Listener
Brilliantly read as usual by Mr Greenman, however was it really necessary to speak the chapter headings and footings for every single chapter, even though some of them be only a couple of minutes long, this rather spoilt the enjoyment of the listen.
John Greenman is Mark Twain!
lanternland
John Greenman is Mark Twain! He sounds more like Mark Twain than Mark Twain did! There are no existing recordings of Twain's voice. The closest thing we have is a recording by a contemporary Mark Twain imitator, William Gillette.
humorous and well read
christopher melo
Mr. Greenman is far and away the best reader I have found on any audio book site.
Sounds like Twain to me.
Donald R Miller
Excellent reading, and interesting speeches!
Mark Twain's Speeches
David R. Smith
Well read, fun listen - thanks!