Mark Twain - Wikipedia
WEBSignature. 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 ." [3]
Mark Twain – Wikipédia
WEB1835. november 30. A Wikimédia Commons tartalmaz Mark Twain témájú médiaállományokat. Mark Twain, eredeti nevén Samuel Langhorne Clemens ( Florida, Monroe megye, Missouri, 1835. november 30. – Redding, Connecticut, 1910. április 21.) amerikai író, újságíró, humorista.
Mark Twain - Quotes, Books & Real Name - Biography
WEBApr 3, 2014 · 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 of...
Mark Twain | Biography & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 17, 2024 · 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, Name & Book | HISTORY
WEBApr 5, 2010 · 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.
Life and works of Mark Twain | Britannica
WEBMark 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.
Biography - Mark Twain House
WEBBiography - Mark Twain House. 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.
Biography of Mark Twain - ThoughtCo
WEBSep 23, 2018 · Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens Nov. 30, 1835 in the small town of Florida, MO, and raised in Hannibal, became one of the greatest American authors of all time. Known for his sharp wit and pithy commentary on society, politics, and the human condition, his many essays and novels, including the American classic, The …
Mark Twain - American Literature - Oxford Bibliographies
WEBFeb 7, 2022 · W. D. Howells described Mark Twain as “the Lincoln of our literature,” and Hemingway claimed that “all modern American literature” came from Huckleberry Finn. Twain wrote plays, novels, short fiction, and a sprawling, experimental autobiography; he was an essayist, journalist, performer, public intellectual, and raconteur.
Mark Twain - Humorist, Novelist, Satirist | Britannica
WEBMark Twain - Humorist, Novelist, Satirist | Britannica. Home Literature Novels & Short Stories Novelists L-Z. Reputation and legacy of Mark Twain. Mark Twain, c. 1907. Shortly after Clemens’s death, Howells published My Mark Twain (1910), in which he pronounced Samuel Clemens “sole, incomparable, the Lincoln of our literature.”
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