I dislike this take. Twain produced great works near the end of his life, including The Mysterious Stranger and numerous essays. The characterization of the "

I dislike this take. Twain produced great works near the end of his life, including The Mysterious Stranger and numerous essays. The characterization of the "Aquarium Club" as an "embarrassing obsession with prepubescent girls" seems like slanderous manufactured scandal clickbait. Futhermore, Twain was still touring the world and paying off his debts, and his money problems are pretty interesting. Why not recall Twain's later years as dark but revealing, productive, and inspired?