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Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography

Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography

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Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography

by Mark Twain [PSUED Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910)

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149 pages with two frontispiece plates. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover and gilt head page ends in original jacket. (McBride page 233; Blanck:3509; Firsts volume 8, number 7/8 page 7) First American edition, second state with the publisher's note bound in after the title page.

Twain was sincerely on the side of the Baconians in the Shakespeare-Bacon Controversy and he explains why in this essay. It also contains revealing autobiographical passages, and so is not without interest. Harper & Brothers was not eager to publish this volume, but they prepared a large edition, the size of which is unknown.

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Slight bump ant front edge with the Greenwood reference tipped in. Jacket chipped at edges with some loss to spine ends. Jacket first state. Slight bump ant front edge with the Greenwood reference tipped in. Jacket professionally restored by Octavaye Studios. A very good to fine copy with a very good but scarce jacket.

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Did Francis Bacon write the works of Shakespear? The Shakespearite knows that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's Works; the Baconian knows that Francis Bacon wrote them; the Brontosaurian doesn't really know which of them did it, but is quite composedly and contentedly sure that Shakespeare DIDN'T, and strongly suspects that Bacon DID. We all have to do a good deal of assuming, but I am fairly certain that in every case I can call to mind the Baconian assumers have come out ahead of the Shakespearites. Both parties handle the same materials, but the Baconians seem to me to get much more reasonable and rational and persuasive results out of them than is the case with the Shakespearites. This books reaveals many facts revolving around Shakespear's death and comparisons to "his" writings and Bacon's. Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year.

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Title
Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography
Author
Mark Twain [PSUED Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910)
Book Condition
Used - Very good to fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
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Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Harper & Brothers Publishers
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1909
Pages
149 pages with two frontispiece plates
Size
Octavo
Weight
0.00 lbs
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