Mark Twain and the Happy Island by Elizabeth Wallace

About Mark Twain and the Happy Island by Elizabeth Wallace

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."

Publisher

Elizabeth Wallace

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Sept 2023

Latest episode

28 Sept 2023

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Sept 2023

   XIII. Letters

2. 

   28 Sept 2023

   XII. Stormfield, Happily Continued

3. 

   28 Sept 2023

   XI. Stormfield

4. 

   28 Sept 2023

   X. The King and Kipling

5. 

   28 Sept 2023

   IX. Odds and Ends

6. 

   28 Sept 2023

   VIII. Mark Twain's Aquarium

7. 

   28 Sept 2023

   VII. Battleships and Society

8. 

   28 Sept 2023

   VI. The Return

9. 

   28 Sept 2023

   V. The Island Without Mark Twain

10. 

    28 Sept 2023

    IV. Spanish Point

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    28 Sept 2023

    III. Some Literary Gossip

12. 

    28 Sept 2023

    II. How history May Be Taught

13. 

    28 Sept 2023

    I. The Sign of the Shell