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Mark Twain
AuthorBooks · Second hand1835-1910
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel". He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
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About Mark Twain
Birth
1835
Death
1910
First book
1864
Years writing
46
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel". He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
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Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a prolific American author and humorist.
His most iconic works, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, are pillars of literature.
Throughout his life, he held multiple jobs, ranging from journalist and printer to soldier and riverboat pilot.
He was such an influential figure that he maintained close friendships with presidents, artists, and European royalty.
He is remembered as a master of the aphorism, being one of the most quoted authors in history.
