“It is hard to make a choice of the most beautiful passage in a Book which is as gemmed with beautiful passages as the Bible.” Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) American author and humorist. A…

The last house that author Mark Twain lived in is on the market.

Mads Madsen is 25 years old and lives in Denmark where he's pursuing a Master's degree in the Classics (ancient Greece and Rome). However, his fascination with history doesn't end there.

This seminar looks at two bestselling nineteenth-century American authors whose works made the subject of slavery popular among mainstream readers. _Uncle Tom's Cabin_ by Harriet Beecher Stowe and _The Adventures of_ _Huckleberry Finn_ by Mark Twain have subsequently become canonized and reviled, embraced and banned by individuals and groups at both ends of the political and cultural spectrum and everywhere in between.

Our guide to the greatest opening lines of novels in the English language, from Jane Austen to James Joyce

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Explore Mark Twain's life with a timeline, reading list and selected writings.