The full title of this work is, 1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors. It is written by Mark Twain. I stumbled upon it a little accidentally. Well, that is almost true, librivox.org has a genre entitled Erotica. Considering that all their books are in public domain I wondered what was in there. I found this little gem.
We all know that Samuel Clemens had a colorful and varied life. Occasionally he has been criticized for his language. A recent brouhaha about the use of the N* word comes to mind. However, there is not a book of Mark Twain’s that is commonly read that I would have an issue with any of my children reading when they were of tender age. This little volume I would have had them wait a few years.
As I understand it, he wrote this work between The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Without giving too much away, I have a picture of Samuel Clemens sitting in his octagon writing studio and passing the mother of all flatulence. To me it is utterly delightful to think of this American legend writing something like this.
The actual oeuvre is very short, and circulated as a pamphlet for many years. If you download the Librivox version it runs 17 minutes or so, but the whole download is about about Continue reading “An Interesting side of Mark Twain: 1601”