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Dan is 16% done with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
MT destroys the Roman Catholic Church lol and its contribution to class inequality. Also I thought he might have miscalculated using wire for his second wizard's spell but wire did exist then!
— Feb 23, 2026 06:17AM Add a comment
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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Dan is 11% done with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
This is so much more pleasant to read than ol Pudd'nhead Wilson! MT is so clever. His writing so absorbing and fun!
— Feb 21, 2026 04:57AM Add a comment
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Dan
Dan is 30% done with Pudd'nhead Wilson (Bantam Classics)
Every character serves a purpose to the end of exposing the hypocrisies of mankind and mocking the small mindedness of some humanity?
— Feb 12, 2026 11:03AM Add a comment
Pudd'nhead Wilson (Bantam Classics)




Dan
Dan is 99% done with Roughing It
Interesting that Twain never mentions the Donner party expedition in this memoir. I'm sure he was aware of it that it was known to him?
— Feb 01, 2026 06:33AM Add a comment
Roughing It



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Dan is 68% done with Roughing It
"And I think that to one in sympathy with nature, each season, in its turn, is the loveliest" Yes MT!
— Jan 22, 2026 04:45AM Add a comment
Roughing It

Dan
Dan is 65% done with Roughing It
Mark Twain is what I would call "difficult" reading at times. He uses lots of old vocabulary and his roundabout (I know that his style) ways of telling stories for comic effect. Gratifying reading through and through.
— Jan 21, 2026 06:05AM 2 comments
Roughing It



Dan
Dan is 34% done with Roughing It
I will read everything Mark Twain has written.
— Jan 12, 2026 05:39AM Add a comment
Roughing It

Dan
Dan is on page 78 of 560 of Roughing It
"the Book of Mormon is a rather stupid and tiresome read..." I love MT
— Jan 08, 2026 04:53AM Add a comment
Roughing It

Dan
Dan is on page 62 of 560 of Roughing It
According g to Wikipedia Mark Twain took some liberties with the description of Slade. His use of extreme exaggeration in the interest of humor is flawed I guess.
— Jan 07, 2026 05:11AM Add a comment
Roughing It

Dan
Dan is on page 42 of 560 of Roughing It
Mark Twain mocks climbers lol! Go Mark Twain!
— Jan 06, 2026 04:54AM Add a comment
Roughing It

Dan
Dan is on page 20 of 560 of Roughing It
Reading Mark Twain is always a pleasure.
— Jan 04, 2026 06:05AM Add a comment
Roughing It







Dan
Dan is on page 158 of 371 of A Short History of the World
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. The first free thinking unencumbered men! I am reading this book to try to be like them.
— Nov 27, 2025 05:08AM Add a comment
A Short History of the World

Dan
Dan is on page 74 of 371 of A Short History of the World
YOU MUST READ THE FOOTNOTES!!!! Some of the ideas and data are a bit outdated in the early section anyway.
— Nov 20, 2025 06:55AM Add a comment
A Short History of the World

Dan
Dan is on page 67 of 371 of A Short History of the World
Reading history as broad in scope as this makes humans look like piddling self important self centered knuckleheads. I love it.
— Nov 20, 2025 06:06AM Add a comment
A Short History of the World

Dan
Dan is on page 51 of 371 of A Short History of the World
Covering a lot of ground quickly! Already to the end of the dinosaurs.
— Nov 18, 2025 05:08AM Add a comment
A Short History of the World

Dan
Dan is on page 215 of 240 of Let Me Be Frank With You
A quick read to be sure. Here we have a cantankerous Frank, slapstick style expressing his opinions about politics, authors and people. I like it, but maybe not as much as the other three?
— Nov 13, 2025 06:12AM Add a comment
Let Me Be Frank With You

Dan
Dan is on page 155 of 240 of Let Me Be Frank With You
The voice of Frank Bascombe has changed a bit. This Frank has an almost slapstick delivery. Was the younger Frank different? I will have to reread the Sportswriter...
— Nov 10, 2025 07:05AM Add a comment
Let Me Be Frank With You

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