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Overstaying His Welcome. Twain saw the photo of Olivia, an ivory miniature, in 1867 during his five-month cruise to Europe and the Holy Land. He had made friends with Olivia’s younger brother, Charles Langdon, and caught a glimpse of her image in his stateroom. Back on dry land, he had dinner with the Langdon family in New York City, where ...
Edited by Barbara E. Snedecor. 2023. Published by: University of Missouri Press. Series: Mark Twain and His Circle. View. Buy This Book in Print. summary. In this new volume of letters, readers are invited to meet Olivia Louise Langdon Clemens on her own terms, in her own voice—as complementary partner to her world-famous spouse, Mark Twain ...
18 de jan. de 2018 · remains firmly ensconced in American culture more than a century after his death. But that image often concealed a soft heart—at least when it came to the love of his life, his wife, Olivia, whom he called Livy. Twain—or Samuel Clemens—met her in 1867 after he and her brother Charley Langdon found themselves fellow travelers on board the ...
6 de dez. de 2013 · This is the first book-length biography of Olivia Langdon Clemens, Mark Twain's wife. Livy was an intelligent, well-educated woman of Victorian values and sensibilities who lived a charmed and tragic life. Raised in the wealthiest family in Elmira, New York, she married the man destined to become the best known American in the world.
Olivia Louise Langdon Clemens, middle child of Jervis and Olivia Lewis Langdon, was born 27 November 1845 in Elmira—a progressive, nineteenth-century city in western New York. Prior to her birth, Olivia’s parents, with their adopted daughter, nine-year-old Susan Dean Langdon, had moved to Elmira, where Olivia’s father would achieve success in the lumber and coal industry.
Langdon’s youngest daughter, Olivia enrolled into Elmira College as a member of the Class of 1864. After an unusual courtship, Olivia became the wife of Samuel Langhorne Clemens on February 2, 1870. They were married in the Langdon family parlor in Elmira.
28 de nov. de 2023 · Celebrate Mark Twain’s Birthday With A Conversation About His Wife, Olivia Langdon Clemens Posted on November 28, 2023 November 28, 2023 by Center for Mark Twain Studies The public is invited to attend the final event of the 2023 Fall Trouble Begins Lecture Series, presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies and supported by the generous donations of The Mark Twain Foundation.
