Mark Twain Mark Twain [Date: 1601.] Conversation, as it was the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors. or simply 1601 is the title of a humorous work by Mark Twain, first published anonymously in 1880, and finally claimed by Twain in 1906. ...more on Wikipedia about "1601 (Mark Twain)"
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain, first published in 1889. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
A Defence of General Funston is a humour piece written by Mark Twain in honor of US General and expansionism advocate Frederick Funston. Funston had been a colonel in the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars, and Twain had been an outspoken critic of these wars, as immoral ventures of the American state into the imperialist subjugation of foreign peoples and territories. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Defence of General Funston"
A Tramp Abroad was a work of non-fiction travel literature published by American author Mark Twain in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris, through central and southern Europe. While the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of the way, the men find themselves invariably using other forms of transport as they traverse the continent. The book is often thought to be an unofficial sequel to an earlier Twain travel book, The Innocents Abroad. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Tramp Abroad"
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( 1885) by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) is commonly accounted as one of the first Great American Novels. It was also one of the first novels ever written in the vernacular, or common speech, being told in the first person by the eponymous Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer (hero of three other Mark Twain books). The book was published for the first time on February 18, 1885. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is also a great example of a bildungsroman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
The Angels Hotel, in Angels Camp, California was the hotel where the author Mark Twain heard a story that he would later turn into his short story, " The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." ...more on Wikipedia about "Angels Hotel"
"Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" is a short-story written by American writer Mark Twain and published in 1909. The story follows Captain Stormfield on his extremely long cosmic journey to heaven, his accidental misplacement, his short-lived interest in singing and playing the harp, and the obsession of souls with the "celebrities" of heaven, like Adam and Moses. Twain uses this story to show his view that the common conception of heaven is ludicrous and points out the incongruities of such beliefs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven"
Christian Science by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) is a highly critical essay on the beliefs of Christian Scientists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christian Science (book)"
Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany is an earnest satire by Mark Twain. It was first written for the North American Review, then given as a campaign speech by Twain, then published in New York by the Economist Press in 1901. It arose from Twain's involvement in a campaign for the mayoralty of New York City. Twain's squib was widely credited with helping to defeat Croker. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany"
Following the Equator is a non-fiction travelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897. ...more on Wikipedia about "Following the Equator"
Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress was published by American author Mark Twain in 1869. The travel-book chronicles Twain's pleasure cruise through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of religious pilgrims. Twain makes constant criticisms of various aspects of culture and society he meets while on his journey, some more serious than others, which gradually turn from witty and comedic to biting and bitter as he progresses closer to the Holy Land. ...more on Wikipedia about "Innocents Abroad"
King Leopold's Soliloquy is a pamphlet by Mark Twain. It is written about the rule of King Léopold in the Congo Free State. ...more on Wikipedia about "King Leopold's Soliloquy"
Letters from the Earth is one of Mark Twain's posthumously published works. Initially, his daughter objected to its publishing, probably because of its controversial and iconoclastic views on religion. The book consists of a series of short stories, many of which deal with God and Christianity. The title story consists of letters written by the archangel Satan to another archangel, Gabriel, about his observation of the curious proceedings of earthly life and the nature of man's religions. Other short stories in the book include a bedtime story about a family of cats Twain wrote for his daughters, and an essay explaining why an anaconda is morally superior to Man. ...more on Wikipedia about "Letters from the Earth"
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. ...more on Wikipedia about "Life on the Mississippi"
# The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( 1876) ...more on Wikipedia about "List of characters in the Tom Sawyer series"
Samuel Langhorne Clemens ( November 30 1835 – April 21 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mark Twain"
The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge is a bridge over the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri, childhood home of Mark Twain, for whom the bridge is named. The current bridge, north of the original site, was finished in 2000 and the original bridge destroyed. It currently carries traffic for Interstate 72 and U.S. Highway 36. The state of Missouri has put up a stone picture of Twain on the Missouri side of the bridge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mark Twain Memorial Bridge"
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is awarded by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts annually since 1998. It is named after famous humorist Mark Twain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mark Twain Prize for American Humor"
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, Mark Twain’s Autobiography was a two volume set and was purposely published over ten years after the author's death in order to protect the "guilty". It was well received, as the public was hungry for some new books by Mark Twain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mark Twain's Autobiography"
Puddn'head Wilson is a novel by Mark Twain. It was published in 1893-1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial terms. The " plot" of this novel, if it can be said to have one, is a detective story, in which a series of identities--the judge's murderer, "Tom," "Chambers"--must be sorted out. This structure highlights the problem of identity and one's ability to determine one's own identity. Broader issues of identity are an undeniable problem in this novel. Twain's multiple plots and thrown- together style do serve to inform a central set of issues, with the twins, Pudd'nhead, and Tom and Chambers all serving as variations on a theme. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pudd'n'head Wilson"
Roughing It is semi-non-fiction travel literature written by American author Mark Twain. It was published in 1872 and follows the 6-year adventures of young Mark Twain in the " Wild West" between 1861- 1867. The novel tells of Twain's adventures that actually occurred prior to Twain's pleasure cruise relayed in Innocents Abroad but was written and published afterwards as a companion novel. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for many stories in the novel. Roughing It illustrates many of Twain's pre-fame adventures such as gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation, and his beginnings as a writer. As you read, you see the beginning of Twain's rough hewn humor. This humor would be a staple of his writing into his later books such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the Tom Sawyer novels. ...more on Wikipedia about "Roughing It"
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine: racing bugs during class, impressing girls, especially Becky Thatcher, with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi river. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated was written in 1901 by Mark Twain, as a parody of American imperialism, in the wake of the Philippine-American War. It is written in the same tune and cadence as the original Battle Hymn of the Republic. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated"
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (also published as The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog) is a short story by Mark Twain. It tells of a story he is told about a man named Jim Smiley who is a hopeless gambler. Mark Twain describes him: "If he even seen a straddle bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long it would take him to get to--to wherever he going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle bug to Mexico but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road." ...more on Wikipedia about "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
The Mysterious Stranger is an unfinished work written by the American author Mark Twain that was worked on periodically from roughly 1890 up until his death in 1910. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the "damned human race." A "complete" version was published posthumously in 1916 by Twain's biographer Albert Bigelow Paine under the name "The Mysterious Stranger, A Romance," but this version is under scrutiny concerning the extent of editing performed on Twain's manuscripts by Paine. The published version is a novella, and may be easily read in a day. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Mysterious Stranger"
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