# James W. Paige — The Autobiography of Mark Twain character guide

> James W. Paige in The Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Paige, W.

**First appearance:** 0013-volume-i-the-machine-episode

## Who they are

The obsessive inventor of the Paige typesetting machine, whose mechanical dream would consume Twain's fortune and years.

## In the story

### [The Machine Episode](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-i-the-machine-episode)

Inventor of the typesetting machine, described as a brilliant but flawed visionary with contradictory traits.

### [Tuesday, April 10, 1906](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-ii-tuesday-april-10-1906)

Not directly mentioned in this chapter.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/endnotes)

Inventor of the failed typesetting machine that cost Mark Twain heavily.

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