Mark Twain - Wikipedia
网页Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] 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," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature."
Mark Twain | Biography & Facts | Britannica
网页2024年9月13日 · Mark Twain was an American humorist, novelist, and travel writer. Today he is best remembered as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain is widely considered one of the greatest American writers of all time.
Mark Twain - Quotes, Books & Real Name - Biography
网页2014年4月3日 · Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, was the celebrated author of several novels, including two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures...
8 Things You May Not Know About Mark Twain - HISTORY
网页2014年12月2日 · Topics. Art, Literature and Film History. 8 Things You May Not Know About Mark Twain. Check out eight fascinating facts about the world-famous author, including why his riverboat career was...
Mark Twain ‑ Quotes, Name & Book - HISTORY
网页2010年4月5日 · Mark Twain, the pseudonym of Samuel Clemens, was an American writer and humorist known for his travelogues and books such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Biography - Mark Twain House
网页Mark Twain. A Life Lived in a Rapidly Changing World: Samuel L. Clemens‚ 1835-1910. As Twain’s books provide insight into the past‚ the events of his personal life further demonstrate his role as an eyewitness to history.
Life and works of Mark Twain | Britannica
网页Mark Twain, orig. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (born Nov. 30, 1835, Florida, Mo., U.S.—died April 21, 1910, Redding, Conn.), U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer. He grew up in Hannibal, Mo., on the Mississippi River and was apprenticed in 1848 to a local printer.
Mark Twain Biography
网页Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) was an American author, publisher and charismatic humorist. Twain is considered by many to be the ‘Father of American Literature’ – his best-known novels are ‘ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‘ and ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‘.
Mark Twain - Humorist, Novelist, Satirist | Britannica
网页2024年9月13日 · Mark Twain - Humorist, Novelist, Satirist: Shortly after Clemens’s death, Howells published My Mark Twain (1910), in which he pronounced Samuel Clemens “sole, incomparable, the Lincoln of our literature.”
Watch Mark Twain Documentary from Ken Burns | PBS
网页Mark Twain tells the story of the writer’s extraordinary life – full of rollicking adventure, stupendous success and crushing defeat, hilarious comedy and...