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LibriVox recording of The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2) by Van Wyck Brooks. Read in English by John Greenman The Ordeal of Mark Twain analyzes the literary progression of Samuel L. Clemens and attributes shortcomings to Clemens' mother and wife. The Encyclopaedia Britannica says, Brooks' work "was a psychological study attempting to show that Twain had crippled himself emotionally and curtailed his genius by repressing his natural artistic bent for the sake of his Calvinist upbringing." Also, Brooks says, his literary spirit was sidelined as "...Mark Twain was inducted (with the success of
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The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2) by Van Wyck Brooks
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