Beschrijving
Mark Twain’s (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance is a short volume, published by Sheldon in 1871, is Mark Twain’s third book. It consists of two stories – First Romance, which had originally appeared in The Express in 1870, and A Burlesque Autobiography (bearing no relationship to Twain’s actual life), which first appeared in Twain’s Memoranda contributions to the Galaxy. Rather, the content consists of a few short stories of fictional characters who are supposedly part of Twain’s lineage. In the final passage, Twain develops the story to a point of crisis, and then abruptly ends the tale, saying:\
