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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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- “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the differenc…”Mark Twain
- “If the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes there ten years later.”Mark Twain
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- “It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”Mark Twain
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- “Plunging into the depths of hell, re-opening the gates to wounds and emotions that we have long tried to keep…”Forrest Curran
- “You won't find the truth of life in morbidity, only in hope.”Dean Koontz
- “We should gather all the good and true principles in the world and treasure them up, or we shall not come out…”Joseph Smith
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- “I think, what's the point of writing a book that you would get in one sitting?”Hilton Als
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Books by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
One of his best-known novels.