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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