Twain's end
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In March of 1909, Mark Twain cheerfully blessed the wedding of his private secretary, Isabel V. Lyon, and his business manager, Ralph Ashcroft. One month later, he fired both. He proceeded to write a ferocious 429-page rant about the pair, calling Isabel za liar, a forger, a thief, a hypocrite, a drunkard, a sneak, a humbug, a traitor, a conspirator, a filthy-minded and salacious slut pining for seduction.y Twain and his daughter, Clara Clemens, then slandered Isabel in the newspapers, erasing her nearly seven years of devoted service to their family. How did Lyon go from being the beloved secretary who ran Twains life to a woman he was determined to destroy? In Twains End, Lynn Cullen reimagines the tangled relationships between Twain, Lyon, and Ashcroft, as well as the little-known love triangle between Helen Keller, her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy, and Annes husband, John Macy, which comes to light during their visit to Twains Connecticut home in 1909. Add to the party a furious Clara Clemens, smarting from her own failed love affair, and carefully kept veneers shatter. Based on Isabel Lyons extant diary, Twains writings and letters, and events in Twains boyhood that may have altered his ability to love, Twains End explores this real-life tale of doomed love.
Notes
Cullen, L. (2016). Twain's end. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine, Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Cullen, Lynn. 2016. Twain's End. Waterville, Maine, Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Cullen, Lynn, Twain's End. Waterville, Maine, Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Cullen, Lynn. Twain's End. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine, Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
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