{"product_id":"mark-twain-s-speeches-large-print","title":"Mark Twain's Speeches — Large Print","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dinner toast becomes a sharp jab at human pride when Mark Twain takes the floor.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Mark Twain's Speeches, the storyteller faces his audience directly. At banquets, birthday dinners, college halls and public hearings, he turns a quiet opening into a joke with a point. The collection includes “Advice to Youth,” “The Babies” and “On the Weather,” alongside tributes, toasts and arguments for causes he cares about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwain often makes himself the first target: the fool, the unreliable witness, the man who cannot keep a promise. But beneath the laughter lies anger at injustice and impatience with pomposity. These short speeches reveal how he entertains a room while asking harder questions about history, pride and the ways people behave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA quiet opening\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch Twain draw listeners closer before letting a joke deliver its sharper point.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe joke turns inward\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a speaker who uses his own embarrassment to invite everyone else to laugh.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePride meets its match\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how humour unsettles grand claims about ancestry, founders and celebrated heroes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLaughter with a purpose\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the shift from dinner jokes to arguments shaped by concern about injustice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGreat people, human scale\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enjoy tributes that honour friends and public figures without placing them beyond human reach.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy wit in small doses, public speakers curious about timing, and anyone seeking Twain beyond his novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and let Twain turn a few remarks into something worth thinking about.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Large Print Paperback","offer_id":58289376100700,"sku":"LOA-C1845-LPPB","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print Hardcover","offer_id":58289376133468,"sku":"LOA-C1845-LPHC","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print eBook","offer_id":58289376166236,"sku":"LOA-C1845-LPEB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/1845_Mark_Twain_s_Speeches__large_print__ebook__pages-456__trim-6x9in__1800x2700px.jpg?v=1784150684","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/fr\/products\/mark-twain-s-speeches-large-print","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}