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Mark Twain

Born

in Florida, Missouri, The United States

November 30, 1835

Died

April 21, 1910

Website

http://www.marktwainproject.org/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Biographies & Memoirs

Influences

Robert Ingersoll, Ambrose Bierce, E. Haldeman-Julius, Jacques Loeb Robert Ingersoll, Ambrose Bierce, E. Haldeman-Julius, Jacques Loeb ...more

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Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner. Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner. ...more

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Mark Twain’s books

Average rating: 3.87

· 2,822,683 ratings · 68,878 reviews · 8,178 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,297,286 ratings — published 1884 — 10339 editions	Want to Read saving… Want to Read Currently Reading Read Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 974,813 ratings — published 1876 — 8715 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	The Prince and the Pauper 3.87 avg rating — 122,352 ratings — published 1881 — 4331 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 3.77 avg rating — 105,596 ratings — published 1889 — 549 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 4.10 avg rating — 42,284 ratings — published 1884 — 102 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	Pudd'nhead Wilson 3.75 avg rating — 18,898 ratings — published 1893 — 1091 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	The Diaries of Adam and Eve 3.85 avg rating — 18,112 ratings — published 1906 — 360 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	Life on the Mississippi 3.87 avg rating — 15,145 ratings — published 1883 — 438 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress 3.84 avg rating — 14,360 ratings — published 1869 — 1271 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	The Mysterious Stranger 4.12 avg rating — 11,029 ratings — published 1916 — 435 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars

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Series by Mark Twain

Adventures of Tom and Huck (4 books)
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Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authorized Edition (3 books)
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Benjamin Griffin (Editor),

Victor Fischer (Editor),

Michael Barry Frank (Editor),

Amanda Gagel (Editor),

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Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain (5 books)
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Livy Clemens,

Susy Clemens,

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“All children, except one, grow up.”

Is the first line of what book?

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

 

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

 

  3 votes, 5.0%

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

 

  1 vote, 1.7%

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

 

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