Mark Twain is the famous pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. He is one of the most beloved figures in the history of American literature, and was a journalist, novelist, humorist, literary critic, essayist, short story writer, and poet. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel ."
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When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not Go to Quote / Comment
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. Go to Quote / Comment
Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. Go to Quote / Comment
I was exceedingly delighted with the waltz, and also with the polka. These differ in name, but there the difference ceases Go to Quote / Comment
The educated Southerner has no use for an 'R', except at the beginning of a word. Go to Quote / Comment