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Mark Twain (1835165438+1October 30-1965438+April 2 1 00), formerly known as Samuel Langhorn Clemens, is an American writer and writer.

/kloc-when he was 0/2 years old, his father died, so he had to drop out of school and go to the factory as a coolie. Worked as a pilot, miner and journalist on the Mississippi River. I gradually wrote some interesting sketches and started my writing career. [1] The representative works are the novel "One Million Pounds" by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Mark Twain is the founder of American critical realism literature. Mark Twain created a large number of works in his life, involving novels, plays, essays, poems and other aspects. In content, his works criticize unreasonable phenomena or ugliness of human nature, and express the writer's strong sense of justice and care for ordinary people as a compositor and sailor. Stylistically, both experts and ordinary readers believe that humor and satire are his writing characteristics. He experienced the development process from early capitalism to imperialism in the United States, and his thoughts and creations also showed a stage of development from mild ridicule to bitter satire to pessimism. He was good at acrimony and satire in the early stage, and his language was more exposed and intense in the later stage.

In 2006, Mark Twain was named 16 out of 100 people who influenced America by the authoritative American periodical Atlantic Monthly [2].

Chinese name

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Foreign name

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Another name

[Name] Mark Twain (American humorist, novelist, writer and speaker)

nationality

United States of America

birthplace

Rural Florida, Missouri, USA

Character experience

1835165438+1October 30th, Mark Twain was born in a poor lawyer's family in Florida, Missouri, USA. He ranks sixth among seven children in his family. His father is a local lawyer with a small income and a poor family. Little Mark Twain had to work when he was at school. When his father died at the age of eleven, he began to live an independent working life, first as an apprentice in a printing factory, as a newspaper delivery man and typesetter, and later as a sailor and helmsman on the Mississippi River. [3]

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1839 In the autumn, Mark Twain's family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, a port city on the Mississippi River, which became the inspiration for the city of St. Petersburg in his later works The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Tale of a Wanderer. At that time, Missouri was a federal slave-holding state, and young Twain began to understand slavery, which became the theme of his adventure novels. Mark Twain was color blind, which caused his humorous jokes in social circles. [3]

Photo of Mark Twain in 1850

1847 On March 24th, Rimark Twain's father, John Clemens, died of pneumonia. From 65438 to 0847, Mark Twain, from a poor family, began to work as an apprentice, newsboy, compositor, sailor, gold digger and journalist in a printing factory. [3]

185 1 year, Mark Twain became a compositor, contributed articles, and began to write articles for Hannibal Daily founded by his brother Olian. [3]

On May 1852, 1 published his first novel "Playboy Surprised by Settlers" in Boston's humorous weekly "Handbag". [3]

Mark Twain about 1855

1858, Mark Twain returned to Missouri. On the way down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, the ship's pilot "bisbee" asked Twain to be a ship's pilot for life. [3]

186 1 year, Olers was sent by President Lincoln as a secretary to the regional government of West Nevada. He followed, trying to get rich in the timber industry and mining industry, but failed, so he turned to writing articles for a living. 1862 works in a newspaper in Virginia, Nevada.

1863 began to use the pseudonym "Mark Twain".

1864 I met humorist A Ward and novelist B Hart in San Francisco, and got their encouragement and help, which improved my writing level.

1865, he published a humorous story "The Famous Jumping Frog in Kara Velas County" in a magazine in new york, which made him famous all over the country. Since then, I have often written humorous articles for newspapers and periodicals. [3]

Mark Twain in 1867.

1866 went to Hawaii for an interview.

At 1867, a local newspaper offered a boat trip to the Mediterranean region. During his travels in Europe and the Middle East, he wrote the famous travel letter series "Fool Travel" collected in 1869. During this time, he met Charles Langdon and saw a photo of his sister Olivia Langdon. Twain fell in love with her at first sight [3]

1870 Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon, the daughter of a capitalist in New York State. After marriage, I lived in Buffalo, edited and published Express Yourself, and sold it one year later because of too much loss.

The book Hard Times, published by 1872, reflects his life experience in the newly developed western region, which records some anecdotes, especially humorous stories with American western characteristics.

1873 co-authored The Gilded Age with Richard Werner, which was his first novel. [3]

187 1 year, Mark Twain moved to Hartford, Connecticut. He became a famous writer and humorous speaker. The next few years will be a bumper year for his creation.

Mark Twain in 1 year

From 65438 to 0875, Mark Twain wrote an article for Atlantic Monthly at the invitation of William Dean howells. He wrote seven articles about his early life as a helmsman on the Mississippi River, and then compiled them into a book called The Past of the Mississippi River. Eight years later, he returned to his hometown and expanded the book into On the Mississippi River (1883). [3]

1876, the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published. Although this book is set in a small town on the Mississippi River, it is loved by readers of all ages. There are many stories about naughty Tom, his partner Huckleberry Finn and Tom's girlfriend Becky Thatcher, many of which are the author's personal experiences and have many interesting plots that are in line with children's psychology. [3]

The Adventures of Harburg Finn, another important novel written by Mark Twain in 1876, was published in 1884. This novel has been highly praised by critics, welcomed by readers at home and abroad, and constantly banned. [3]

[Name] Mark Twain (American humorist, novelist, writer and speaker)

1889, Mark Twain published Connecticut Americans in King Arthur's Court. It and The Prince and the Poor Child (188 1) are both novels that satirize the feudal system and religion in the background of Britain.

From 65438 to 0894, Mark Twain wrote "Fool Wilson", which portrayed Roxey as an aggressive slave girl. Before and after this, his family suffered misfortune: two daughters died of illness and his wife's health deteriorated; He failed to invest in automatic typesetting machine and went bankrupt. In order to pay off his debts, he traveled around to give speeches and visited Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, India and South America. [3]

The Biography of Joan of Arc was published in 1896, describing the life of Joan of Arc, a French national heroine in15th century.

1897 wrote A Journey to the Equator, in which he satirized and condemned the oppression of the colonial people by imperialism, and opposing imperialism became the central idea of his later creation.

Mark Twain paid off all his debts.

Mark Twain is in nikola tesla's laboratory.

1900 10 After leaving the United States to live in Europe for nearly ten years, he and his family returned to the United States and were warmly welcomed and became leaders in the literary and art circles.

Many works of Punctuality published after 1900 have not lost their edge. [3]

1904, his wife died in Italy. Mark Twain entered the final stage of his career. In his early works, such as The Adventures of Harburg Finn, his pessimism about "human beings" (actually the bourgeoisie) became the main theme of some of his works. The novella The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg (1900) and the essay What's wrong with people? "(1906), the story" The Mysterious Visitor "(19 16) are all reflected. The most important work in his later years is an autobiography dictated by him and recorded by his secretary. [3]

1910 April 2 1 day, Mark Twain died of angina pectoris and was buried in Aymara, new york. [3]

Character works

List of works

Year of publication of Chinese name genre

Fool travels abroad +0869

Running for governor 1870

Difficult journey 1872

Spread out completely

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