Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was 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 co-wrote ''The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today'' (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for both ''Tom Sawyer'' and ''Huckleberry Finn''. He served an apprenticeship with a printer early in his career, and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to his older brother Orion Clemens' newspaper. Twain then became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River, which provided him the material for ''Life on the Mississippi'' (1883). Soon after, Twain headed west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City ''Territorial Enterprise''.
Twain first achieved success as a writer with the humorous story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," which was published in 1865; it was based on a story that he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where Twain had spent some time while he was working as a miner. The short story brought Twain international attention. He wrote both fiction and non-fiction. As his fame grew, Twain became a much sought-after speaker. His wit and satire, both in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
Although Twain initially spoke out in favor of American interests in the Hawaiian Islands, he later reversed his position, going on to become vice president of the American Anti-Imperialist League from 1901 until his death in 1910, coming out strongly against the Philippine-American War and American colonialism. Twain published a satirical pamphlet, "King Leopold's Soliloquy", in 1905 about Belgian atrocities in the Congo Free State.
Twain earned a great deal of money from his writing and lectures, but invested in ventures that lost most of it, such as the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter that failed because of its complexity and imprecision. He filed for bankruptcy in the wake of these financial setbacks, but in time overcame his financial troubles with the help of Standard Oil executive Henry Huttleston Rogers. Twain eventually paid all his creditors in full, even though his declaration of bankruptcy meant he was not required to do so. Twain was born shortly after an appearance of Halley's Comet, and predicted that his death would accompany it as well, dying a day after the comet was at its closest to Earth. Provided by Wikipedia
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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1876 / Mark Twain. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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The Prince and the Pauper. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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Mark Twain : the complete interviews / edited by Gary Scharnhorst. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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On the Decay of the Art of Lying. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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Autobiography of Mark Twain. Harriet Elinor Smith, editor ; associate editors: Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer / With biographical illus. and drawings from early editions of the book, together with an introd. by Louis B. Salomon. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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Personal recollections of Joan of Arc / by Mark Twain. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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The mysterious stranger / by Mark Twain. Edited with an introd. by William M. Gibson. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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Tom Sawyer abroad ; Tom Sawyer detective / Mark Twain ; foreword and notes by John C. Gerber ; text established by Terry Firkins. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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Simon Wheeler, detective / by Mark Twain [pseudonym] Edited with an introd. by Franklin R. Rogers. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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The selected letters of Mark Twain / edited with an introduction and commentary by Charles Neider. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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Mark Twain's library of humor / edited by Samuel Langhorne Clemens, William Dean Howells, and Charles Hopkins Clark. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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The innocents abroad / [by] Mark Twain. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer : authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism / Mark Twain ; edited by Beverly Lyon Clark. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court : an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, composition and publication, criticism / Samuel Langhorne Clemens ; edited by Allison... by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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The complete short stories of Mark Twain / edited with an introduction by Charles Neider. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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Mark Twain's letters to his publishers, 1867-1894 / Edited with an introd. by Hamlin Hill. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : an authoritative text, contexts and sources, criticism / Mark Twain ; edited by Thomas Cooley. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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