My Mark Twain Chapter 17

In which the narrative takes us to the years when Clemens resided abroad in Germany, marked by intermittent correspondence and his mingling with royalty, yet revealing his disdain for mere social distinctions and his acute appreciation for sincere intellect and character. We observe too his passionate, and sometimes consuming, responses to personal betrayals and public affairs, alongside the beginnings of his bold but ill-fated ventures into publishing that stirred hopes as grand as the wide world itself.