Roughing It
Twain heads west in 1861 as a young man with no plan, and spends six years failing at silver mining, newspaper work, and getting rich. The failures are the point and he knows it.
Things worth knowing
- The journey that opens the book is a stagecoach run from St. Joseph, Missouri to Carson City in July and August 1861, taken with Twain's brother Orion, newly appointed secretary of the Nevada Territory.
- In one digression a miner called Jim Blaine sets out to tell the story of his grandfather's ram, works through twenty-seven named characters, and falls asleep without ever reaching the ram.
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1 Prefatory 1 min
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2 Chapter One 3 min
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3 Chapter Two 7 min
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4 Chapter Three 11 min
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5 Chapter Four 15 min
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6 Chapter Five 7 min
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7 Chapter Six 8 min
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8 Chapter Seven 11 min
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9 Chapter Eight 6 min
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10 Chapter Nine 7 min
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11 Chapter Ten 12 min
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12 Chapter Eleven 13 min
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13 Chapter Twelve 15 min
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14 Chapter Thirteen 6 min
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15 Chapter Fourteen 5 min
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16 Chapter Fifteen 9 min
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17 Chapter Sixteen 16 min
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18 Chapter Seventeen 6 min
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19 Chapter Eighteen 5 min
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20 Chapter Nineteen 5 min
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21 Chapter Twenty 9 min
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22 Chapter Twenty-One 14 min
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23 Chapter Twenty-Two 7 min
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24 Chapter Twenty-Three 8 min
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25 Chapter Twenty-Four 9 min
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26 Chapter Twenty-Five 10 min
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27 Chapter Twenty-Six 8 min
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28 Chapter Twenty-Seven 6 min
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29 Chapter Twenty-Eight 7 min
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30 Chapter Twenty-Nine 6 min
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31 Chapter Thirty 7 min
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32 Chapter Thirty-One 13 min
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33 Chapter Thirty-Two 7 min
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34 Chapter Thirty-Three 4 min
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35 Chapter Thirty-Four 9 min
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36 Chapter Thirty-Five 5 min
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37 Chapter Thirty-Six 8 min
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38 Chapter Thirty-Seven 8 min
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39 Chapter Thirty-Eight 6 min
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40 Chapter Thirty-Nine 8 min
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41 Chapter Forty 10 min
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42 Chapter Forty-One 10 min
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43 Chapter Forty-Two 9 min
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44 Chapter Forty-Three 9 min
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45 Chapter Forty-Four 9 min
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46 Chapter Forty-Five 10 min
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47 Chapter Forty-Six 12 min
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48 Chapter Forty-Seven 14 min
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49 Chapter Forty-Eight 10 min
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50 Chapter Forty-Nine 8 min
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51 Chapter Fifty 10 min
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52 Chapter Fifty-One 18 min
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53 Chapter Fifty-Two 10 min
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54 Chapter Fifty-Three 8 min
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55 Chapter Fifty-Four 11 min
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56 Chapter Fifty-Five 13 min
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57 Chapter Fifty-Six 8 min
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58 Chapter Fifty-Seven 6 min
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59 Chapter Fifty-Eight 11 min
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60 Chapter Fifty-Nine 9 min
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61 Chapter Sixty 6 min
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62 Chapter Sixty-One 7 min
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63 Chapter Sixty-Two 15 min
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64 Chapter Sixty-Three 6 min
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65 Chapter Sixty-Four 9 min
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66 Chapter Sixty-Five 10 min
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67 Chapter Sixty-Six 9 min
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68 Chapter Sixty-Seven 13 min
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69 Chapter Sixty-Eight 15 min
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70 Chapter Sixty-Nine 8 min
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71 Chapter Seventy 11 min
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72 Chapter Seventy-One 6 min
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73 Chapter Seventy-Two 8 min
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74 Chapter Seventy-Three 10 min
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75 Chapter Seventy-Four 8 min
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76 Chapter Seventy-Five 6 min
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77 Chapter Seventy-Six 10 min
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78 Chapter Seventy-Seven 8 min
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79 Chapter Seventy-Eight 7 min
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80 Chapter Seventy-Nine, Part One 30 min
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81 Chapter Seventy-Nine, Part Two 27 min
Where this comes from
US public domain: first published 1872, before the 1930 cutoff. Author d.1910, so also clear in life+70 jurisdictions.
Cover image: generated for this edition.
Narration: text-to-speech.
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