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Mark Mark TwainTwain anAmericanLiteraryGiantBy:DongyiGeXutongZhangXuechaoZhouwei.SamuelLanghorneClemens(November30,1835April21,1910),betterknownbyhispennameMarkTwain,wasanAmericanauthorandhumorist.HeismostnotedforhisnovelTheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876)anditssequel,AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1885),thelatteroftencalledtheGreatAmericanNovel.SamuelLanghorneClemens(November30,1835April21,1910),betterknown by his pen nameMark Twain,one of thegreatest American writers,humorist,essayist,novelistand adventurer.He is mostnoted for his novel TheAdventures of Tom Sawyer(1876)anditssequel,Adventures of HuckleberryFinn(1885),thelatteroftencalled“TheGreatAmericanNovel.LifeoftheMarkTwainBornonNovember30,1835inFlorida,Missouri6thof7childrenIn1839,thefamilymovedtoHannibal,aporttownontheMississippiRiverIn 1847,his fatherdied.The next yearTwainleftschoolafterthe fifth grade,andfinallygototheMississippiRiver.AsayoungmanTwainworkedasariverboatpilotontheMississippiRiver.Whenhestartedhiswritingcareer,SamuelClemensadoptedthename“MarkTwain,”whichmeanttwofathoms,asafedepthforariverboat.Hewassoinfatuatedwiththisriverthatitbecamethebasisformanyofhismostfamousworks.In1861,SamuelClemensavoidedthebrewingCivilWar by going west.He took his first writing job asreporterattheVirginiaCityTerritorialEnterprise.Serious news was often mixed with“reports”thathadtobetakenwithagrainofsalt.Soon,hebeganusingthe name Mark Twain and affixing it to sketches,reportage,andanoccasionalhoax.Itwasatimewhenhefirstdiscoveredhistalent,hiscalling,andhisvoice.At 34 years of age he married Olivia LangdonClemens.She was the daughter of a New York coalmagnate,a member of the countrys wealthy elite.Shewouldbepartner,editor,andfellowtravelerinsuccessandfailure for the next thirty-five years.She would alsofurnish him her familys home in Elmira,New York,aplacewherehevisitedoftenandwrotemanyofhisbest-lovedbooks.Because of financial problems,Clemens lived inEuropefrom1891-1901,butthiswasneitherhisfirstnor last trip abroad.In fact,he was an inveteratetraveler.Fromtheageof17tothelastfewweeksofhis life he was always discovering new places andrevisitingold.HecrisscrossedtheAtlanticmorethanadozentimesandalsosawTurkey,Palestine,Hawaii,Australia,India,andSouthAfrica.He developed as a speaker and traveled on lecture circuits,much in demand.His early performances combined humor,informationandeloquenceinmeasuresthatdelightedmostpeople.WhenhediedonApril21,1910,newspapersaroundthecountry declared,“The whole world is mourning.”By then,SamClemenshadlongsinceceasedtobeaprivatecitizen.HehadbecomeMarkTwain,aproudpossessionoftheAmericannation.WritingCharacteristicsofMarkTwainLiteratureisanartoflanguage.MarkTwainslanguageisartisticandlikeasharpweaponwithoutdoubt.Mark Twain is famous forhishumorandsatire.Heoftendescribedpersons who was innocent,simple,naive,and ignorantashisheroesorheroines.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerisan 1876novelabout a young boy growingup along theMississippiRiver.It is set inthefictionaltownofSt.Petersburg,inspiredbyHannibal,Missouri,whereTwainlived.ThenovelsprotagonistisTomSawyer.He is a mischievous boy with an activeimaginationwhospendsmostofthenovelgetting himself,and often his friends,intoand out of trouble.Despite his mischief,Tom has a good heart and a strong moralconscience.As the novel progresses,hebeginstotakemoreseriouslytheresponsibilitiesofhisroleasaleaderamonghisschoolfellow.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnisanovel,firstpublishedinthe United Kingdom in December1884 and in the United States inFebruary1885.Thebookisnotedforitscolorfuldescription of people and placesalong theMississippi River.Set inaSouthernantebellumsocietythathad ceased to exist about 20 yearsbeforetheworkwaspublished,TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnisanoftenscathingsatireonentrenchedattitudes,particularlyracism.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.OtherBooksOtherBooksTheMysteriousStranger(1916)TheAmericanClaimant(1892)AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthursCourt(1889).OtherBooksOtherBooksPersonalRecollectionsofJoanofArc(1896)PuddnheadWilson(1894).HisfamouswisdomwordI have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices norcreedprejudices.AllIcaretoknowisthatamanisahumanbeing,andthatisenoughforme;hecantbeanyworse.“Everyone is a moon,and has a dark side which henevershowstoanybody.”.“It is better to keep yourmouth shut and appear stupidthantoopenitandremovealldoubt.”“Humorismankindsgreatestblessing.”.“InthefirstplaceGodmadeidiots.Thiswasforpractice.ThenhemadeSchoolBoards.”.