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About Mark Twain
American writer, humorist, and essayist
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He is best known for the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and for a body of work that helped define American writing in the late 19th century. His books also include A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Pudd'nhead Wilson. He co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today with Charles Dudley Warner. Twain's work is marked by wit, social satire, and a sharp eye for American life.
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- “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”Mark Twain
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- “Why did I choose Washington among offers from other cities? Because it is the capital of the world.”Vince Lombardi
- “Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.”Martina Navratilova
- “I had zits on my thighs when I was a kid. I remember feeling so disgusting and grossed out by them.”Charles Forsman
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Books by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
One of his best-known novels.