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1、Samuel Langhorne Clemens1835BorninFlorida,Missouri.HegrewupinHannibal,MissouriontheMississippiRiver.1846Fatherdies,leavingfamilyindifficultcircumstances.NextyearYoungSamuelwenttoworkasanassistanttoapublisher.1857BecomesaapilotonasteamboatthatsailedontheMississippi,laterhedescribedtheexperienceinLife
2、 on the Mississippi.1858HisbrotherHenrywaskilled inaexplosion.Twainwasguilt-strickenandheldhimselfresponsiblefortherestofhislife.1862TraveledwestandbecameareporterfornewspapersinNevadaandCalifornia.AndhewrotefunnystoriesandcalledhimselfMarkTwain.1866HetraveledtotheSandwichIslands(present-dayHawaii)a
3、sareporter.1867HemadeatourtoEuropeandtheMiddleEast,andwroteapopularcollectionoftravelletters.1870HemarriedOliviaLangdonandlatermovedtoHartford,Connecticut.WhileOliviagavebirthtothreedaughters:Susy,ClaraandJean.1876PublishesTom Sawyer.1884PublishesThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinninLondon,Americaned
4、itioncomesoutthenextyear.Foundsownpublishingcompany,CharlesL.Webster&Co.1891LeavesHartfordtoliveinEuropebecauseoffinancialdifficulties.1895Goesonworldwidelecturetourtorestorefinances.1910DiedofaheartattackatStormfield,buriedinElmiraPresidentWilliamHowardTaftsaid:MarkTwaingavepleasurerealintellectual
5、enjoymenttomillions,andhisworkswillcontinuetogivesuchpleasuretomillionsyettocome.HishumorwasAmerican,buthewasnearlyasmuchappreciatedbyEnglishmenandpeopleofothercountriesasbyhisowncountrymen.HehasmadeanenduringpartofAmericanliterature.http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_WarSOME BOOKS“TheCelebr
6、atedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty”ineighteensixty-five.Ittellsaboutajumpingcompetitionamongfrogs.hisstoriesaboutlifeinthewesternUnitedStatesbecamethebookcalled“RoughingIt.”StoriesaboutatriptoEuropeandtheMiddleEastwerepublishedin“TheInnocentsAbroad.”DuringhisyearsinHartford(18741891),Twainwrotemanyofh
7、isbest-knownworks:TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876),ThePrinceandthePauper(1881),LifeontheMississippi(1883),AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1884),andAConnecticutYankeeinKingArthursCourt(1889).MarkTwainwrotetheTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinin1884Thestorytellsaboutthesocialevilofslavery,seenthroughtheeyesofaninnocentchild.Hucksideasaboutpeoplewereformedbythewhitesocietyinwhichhelived.