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  <name><![CDATA[Mark Twain]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[&lt;b&gt;Samuel Langhorne Clemens&lt;/b&gt;, better known by the pen name &lt;i&gt;Mark Twain&lt;/i&gt;, 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 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 &quot;the father of American literature.&quot;

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  <title><![CDATA[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Prince and the Pauper]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pudd'nhead Wilson]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Diaries of Adam and Eve]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Life on the Mississippi]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain]]></title>
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