Mark Twain, vlastním jménem Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (30. listopadu 1835, Florida, Missouri, USA – 21. dubna 1910 Redding, Connecticut) byl americký novinář, spisovatel a humorista, představitel amerického realismu.
Mark Twain was a humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist who remains best known for his adventure stories of American boyhood. His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.
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Who was Mark Twain?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.What is Mark Twain’s real name?Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Clemens. Many scholars believe that he chose this name because of his experience working as a riverboat pilot. The phrase mark twain is a nautical term for water found to be two fathoms (12 feet [3.7 meters]) deep: mark (measure) twain (two).What are some of Mark Twain’s most famous works?Mark Twain wrote more than 20 novels and many short stories and travelogues. His most famous novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which are loosely based on Twain’s boyhood experiences in Missouri. Twain also wrote numerous short stories, such as “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” (1865).
Efter 1861 börjar han använda pseudonymen Mark Twain. Genombrottet i hans författarskap var hans novel Jim Smiley och hans hoppande groda som kom ut år 1865.
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Mark Twain, vlastním jménem Samuel Langhorne Clemens (* 30.11.1835, † 21.4.1910) byl americký kriticko-realistický autor. Narodil se ve Floridě (stát ...
Citát MarkTwaina “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. (Nikdy neodkládejte na zítřek to, co můžete udělat pozítří.” vtipně připomíná, že se to s prací nemá přehánět.
(With Charles Dudley Warner) The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, illustrated by Augustus Hoppin and others, American Publishing, 1873, Twain's portion published separately as The Adventures of Colonel Sellers, edited by Charles Nelder…