1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors

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1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors 1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors

Author: Mark Twain

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Published: 2006

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Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors. or simply 1601 is the title of a short risque squib by Mark Twain, first published anonymously in 1880, and finally acknowledged by the author in 1906. Written as an extract from the diary of one of Queen Elizabeth I’s ladies-in-waiting, the pamphlet purports to record a conversation between Elizabeth and several famous writers of the day. The topics discussed are entirely scatological, notably farting and sex.