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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There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. Go to Quote / Comment
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so. Go to Quote / Comment
Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of. Go to Quote / Comment
After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers; and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by... Go to Quote / Comment
Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about. Go to Quote / Comment