Mark Twain

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November 30, 1838 in Florida, Missouri, The United States

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April 21, 1910

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for his quotations. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, leading industrialists and European royalty.

Twain travelled widely throughout the world going on long voyages and was the first US author to visit India.

Twain enjoyed immense public popularity, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of ...more

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	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain avg rating 3.76 — 275,946 ratings — published 1884 736 editions	my rating: add to my books
	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain avg rating 3.77 — 41,634 ratings — published 1876 664 editions	my rating: add to my books
	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain avg rating 3.66 — 9,751 ratings — published 1889 241 editions	my rating: add to my books
	The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain avg rating 3.60 — 7,869 ratings — published 1881 233 editions	my rating: add to my books
	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain avg rating 3.94 — 5,300 ratings — published 1884 76 editions	my rating: add to my books
	Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain avg rating 3.67 — 3,030 ratings — published 1893 106 editions	my rating: add to my books
	Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings by Mark Twain avg rating 4.25 — 1,906 ratings — published 1962 24 editions	my rating: add to my books
	The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain avg rating 4.02 — 1,912 ratings — published 1905 37 editions	my rating: add to my books
	Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain avg rating 3.80 — 1,713 ratings — published 1883 99 editions	my rating: add to my books
	The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain avg rating 3.82 — 1,542 ratings — published 1869 64 editions	my rating: add to my books

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quotes by Mark Twain

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
— Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth

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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Mark Twain

tags: action, actions, disappointed, disappointment, discover, dream, dreams, explore, sail

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"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."
— Mark Twain

tags: humor, procrastination

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