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Early Life Travels Travels Marriage and children Later Life

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835, to a Tennessee country merchantFlorida, Missouri Tennessee Early Life

When Twain was four, his mother died, the family moved to Hannibal, MissouriHannibal, Missouri

At that time, Missouri was a slave state, and young Twain became familiar with the institution of slavery, a theme he would later explore in his writing. slave state institution of slavery

when Twain was 11, his father died of pneumonia.pneumonia

The next year, he became a printer's apprentice. In 1851, he began working as a typesetter and contributor of articles and humorous sketches for the Hannibal Journal typesetter

When he was 18, he left Hannibal and worked as a printer in New York City.

He joined the union and educated himself in public libraries in the evenings, finding wider sources of information than he would have at a conventional school.union educated himselfpublic libraries At 22, Twain returned to Missouri.

He worked as a river pilot until the American Civil War broke out in 1861American Civil War

Travels Twain and his brother traveled for more than two weeks on a stagecoach across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, visiting the Mormon community in Salt Lake City along the way.stagecoachGreat PlainsRocky MountainsMormon communitySalt Lake City

Twain's journey ended in the silver- mining town of Virginia City, where he became a miner. miner Twain failed as a miner and found work at a Virginia City newspaper, Here he first used his famous pen name.

During his tour of Europe and the Middle East, he wrote a popular collection of travel letters, which were later compiled as The Innocents Abroad in 1869.The Innocents Abroad

Marriage and children Charles Langdon showed a picture of his sister, Olivia, to Twain; Twain claimed to have fallen in love at first sight.Olivia They got married in February They had four children, while the only son was died at 19 months.

The couple's marriage lasted 34 years, until Olivia's death in 1904.

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Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910, in Redding, one day after the comet's closest approach to Earth.heart attack

"Mark Twain gave pleasure – real intellectual enjoyment – to millions, and his works will continue to give such pleasure to millions yet to come... His humor was American, but he was nearly as much appreciated by Englishmen and people of other countries as by his own countrymen. He has made an enduring part of American literature."American literature

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His major works 1867 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calveras County( 卡城名蛙 ) 1869 Innocent Abroad ( 傻子国外旅行记 ) 1873 The Gilded Age (written cooperatively with Charles Dudley Warner) 镀金时代 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1882 The Prince and the Pauper （王子与贫儿） 1884 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1899 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg （败坏了 哈德兰堡的人）

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Introduction: a story about the teenager Huck’s adventure on Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious. “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called "Huckleberry Finn." -- Ernest Hemingway

Language Characteristics  Different from rhetorical language/ note for the unpretentious direct,simple,colloquial, humorous yet poetic style  Realistic  Local color: vernacular English （方言）

Quotes By Twain ξ “Classic--a book which people praise and don't read.” ξ “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.” ξ "Where prejudice exists it always discolors our thoughts. ξ "The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right." ξ “The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.”

“Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.”

“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live.” Picture from Dave Thomson collection:

“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” Picture from Dave Thomson collection:

“Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.” Picture from Dave Thomson collection: