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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

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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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Average rating: 3.87 · 2,920,953 ratings · 76,059 reviews · 8,892 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 1,335,400 ratings — published 1885 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 1,016,166 ratings — published 1876 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince and the Pauper 3.87 avg rating — 125,306 ratings — published 1881 — 2879 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 3.78 avg rating — 107,989 ratings — published 1889	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 4.10 avg rating — 43,107 ratings — published 1884 — 611 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Diaries of Adam and Eve 3.84 avg rating — 19,505 ratings — published 1906 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pudd'nhead Wilson 3.75 avg rating — 19,455 ratings — published 1893 — 1116 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life on the Mississippi 3.87 avg rating — 15,512 ratings — published 1883 — 2163 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress 3.84 avg rating — 14,868 ratings — published 1869 — 1334 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mysterious Stranger 4.12 avg rating — 11,663 ratings — published 1916 — 507 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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