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1、MarkTwainFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaForotheruses,see MarkTwain(disambiguation).MarkTwainMarkTwain,detailofphotoby MathewBrady,February 7, 1871BornSamuelLanghorneClemens
November30,1835
Florida,Missouri,U.S.DiedApril21,1910 (aged 74)
Redding,Connecticut,U.S
2、.PennameMarkTwainOccupationWriter, lecturerNationalityAmericanNotablework(s)AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn, TheAdventuresofTomSawyerSpouse(s)OliviaLangdonClemens(m. 1870–1904)ChildrenLangdon, Susy, Clara, JeanSignatureSamuelL.Clemensstamp,1940SamuelLanghorneClemens
3、 (November30,1835 –April21,1910),[1]betterknownbyhis penname MarkTwain,wasanAmericanauthorandhumorist.Hewrote TheAdventuresofTomSawyer (1876)andits sequel,AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn (1885),[2] thelatteroftencalled"theGreatAmericanNovel."Twaingrewupin Hannibal,M
4、issouri,whichprovidedthesettingforHuckleberryFinn and TomSawyer.Afteranapprenticeshipwithaprinter,heworkedasatypesetterandcontributedarticlestothenewspaperofhisolderbrotherOrion.HelaterbecameariverboatpilotontheMississippiRiver beforeheadingwesttojoinOrioninNeva
5、da.Hereferredhumorouslytohissingularlackofsuccessatmining,turningtojournalismforthe VirginiaCity TerritorialEnterprise.[3] In1865,hishumorousstory,"TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty,"waspublished,basedonastoryheheardat AngelsHotel in AngelsCampCalifornia
6、wherehehadspentsometimeasaminer.Theshortstorybroughtinternationalattention,andwaseventranslatedintoclassicGreek.[4] Hiswitandsatire,inproseandinspeech,earnedpraisefromcriticsandpeers,andhewasafriendto presidents,artists,industrialists,andEuropeanroyalty.ThoughTw
7、ainearnedagreatdealofmoneyfromhiswritingsandlectures,heinvestedinventuresthatlostagreatdealofmoney,notablythe PaigeCompositor,whichfailedbecauseofitscomplexityandimprecision.Inthewakeofthesefinancialsetbacks,hefiledforprotectionfromhiscreditorsviabankruptcy,andw
8、iththehelpof HenryHuttlestonRogers eventuallyovercamehisfinancialtroubles.Twainchosetopayallhispre-bankruptcycreditorsinfull,thoughhehadnolegalresponsibilitytodoso.Tw
