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Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) was an American writer, philosopher, journalist and humorist, who gain such appreciations, applause and respect among people world wide in such a short interval of time that is unbelievable. Mark Twain once said, "To believe yourself to be brave is to be brave; it is the only essential thing." Twain is famous for "Tom Sawyer," "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," and other books, along with essays, critical work, and more. Twain’s writing is also known for realism of place and language, memorable characters, climax and conclusion. Twain have strong hold over Fiction, non-Fiction .He also wrote couple of poetry as well. Some of his famous books are as follows.
Fiction
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A Double Barreled Detective Story, A Horse's Tale, Huckleberry Finn, Letters from the Earth, Personal Recollections of Joan of Art, The Gilded Age, The Mysterious Stranger, The Prince and the Pauper, The Tragedy of Pudd'Nhead Wilson Tom Sawyer Abroad, Detective.
Non-Fiction
A Tramp Abroad, Chapters from My Autobiography, Christian Science, Editorial Wild Oats, Is Shakespeare Dead?, Life on the Mississippi, Roughing It, The Innocents Abroad, Short Stories, A Dog's Tale Edward Mills and George Benton, The First Writing Machines, The Five Boons of Life, A Helpless Situation, Italian with Grammar, Italian without a Mast, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, A Burlesque Autobiography, The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, How to Tell a Story, Extracts from Adam's Diary, Eve’s Diary, These Loves Of Alonzo Fitz Clarence And Rosanna Ethel ton, About Magnanimous-Incident Literature, The 'Tournament' in A.D. 187
Poetry
O Lord, Our Father
The Literary Works of Mark Twain
- The Innocents Abroad (1869)
This was the first book published by Mark Twain. It contains 16 chapters.
- Curious Republic of Gondour (1870)
Most of the sketch taken in this book was from the series written for The Galaxy and rest was appeared in The Buffalo Express.
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
An adventure of Huckleberry Finn consists of 43 chapters. Good thing about this book is that it is told in the first person in which Huck Finn is telling the story. The complete book is divided into three sections .The first section is about the living of Huck living, Miss Watson and his sister civilization. Second section is totally about his travelling with Jim and the last section Huck returns to civilization and lives with Tom in Uncle Silas’ farm.
- Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer proves to be the most popular book in France. This book is totally based upon the story of Tom Sawyer as a mischievous young boy carries on under the watchful eye of his Aunt Polly.
Thus Mark Twain is one of the most popular names in American literature, even as the name was a product of his imagination. He is known for his wit and humor. His wit, humor, and wisdom helped his lectures to be well received; and these characteristics have continued to make Mark Twain a widely beloved writer after all these years.
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