Mark Twain


Mark Twain's works are some of the best I've ever read. I love the way he
brings you into the story, especially with the dialogue used, like in Tom
Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain is my favorite dead author.
Mark Twain was never "Mark Twain" at all. That was only his pen name. His
real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Samuel was born in Florida, Missouri in
1835. He accomplished worldwide fame during his lifetime for being a great
author, lecturer, satirist, and humorist. Since his death on April 21, 1910,
his great literary reputation has further increased. Many writers such as Ernest
Hemingway and William Faulkner have declared his work-especially Huckleberry
Finn- a major influence on 20th-century American fiction.
Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, a town on the Mississippi river.
After the death of his father in 1847, Twain joined his brother Orion's
newspaper, the Hannibal Journal. During this time he became accustomed with......

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