Mark Twain
Mark Twain (pravo ime Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835.–1910.) američki je pisac, humorist i satiričar, poznat po romanima Pustolovine Toma Sawyera (1876.) i Pustolovine Huckleberryja Finna (1884.), koji se smatraju klasicima američke književnosti. Rođen 30. studenog 1835. u Floridi, Missouri, odrastao je u Hannibalu, gradiću uz rijeku Mississippi, koji je inspirirao ambijent njegovih djela. Nakon očeve smrti 1847., Twain napušta školu i radi kao pomoćnik u tiskari, što ga uvodi u novinarstvo.
Godine 1857. postaje pilot na parobrodima Mississippija, a pseudonim „Mark Twain“ („oznaka dva hvata“) potječe iz riječne terminologije. Tijekom Građanskog rata kratko služi u konfederacijskoj miliciji, ali se posvećuje pisanju. Njegova prva uspješnica, pripovijetka The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (1865.), donosi mu slavu. Djela poput Nevini u inozemstvu (1869.) i Život na Mississippiju (1883.) miješaju putopis, humor i društvenu kritiku. Huckleberry Finn istražuje teme ropstva, morala i slobode kroz avanture dječaka i odbjeglog roba Jima. Twainov oštar humor i satira, poput one u Jenkiju na dvoru kralja Arthura (1889.), ismijavaju društvene norme.
Unatoč književnom uspjehu, suočavao se s financijskim problemima zbog loših ulaganja. Predavao je diljem svijeta i pisao do kraja života. Umro je 21. travnja 1910. u Reddingu, Connecticut.
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Pustolovine Toma Sawyera
Mark Twain's classic, set in the small Missouri town of St. Petersburg in the late 19th century. Through the eyes of mischievous boy Tom Sawyer, Twain imaginatively portrays boyhood, freedom, and adventures along the Mississippi River.
Pustolovine Toma Sawyera
Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is the first real realistic children's novel not only in American but also in world children's literature. The youth library brings the book in an outstanding translation by Ivan Kušan and with illustratio
Pustolovine Toma Sawyera
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the first truly realistic children's novel, not only in American but also in world children's literature. Twain's most famous work and a favorite children's book in which the writer described his boyhood experiences.
Pustolovine Toma Sojera
A novel full of action, play, humor, imagination and even love plots, it is a work that attracts young readers all over the world.
Šaljive priče Marka Twaina i drugih američkih humorista
Sedam godina pustolovina 2. dio
Sedam godina pustolovina I-II
Seven Years' Adventure is Twain's vivid, humorous, and semi-autobiographical account of his journey to the American West, the silver rush, pioneer life, and his encounter with the myths of the frontier.
Tajanstveni stranac
Mark Twain worked in parallel on three mysterious manuscripts set in the past and in three different settings, with the same diabolically charming young Satan, after whose appearance among people, unusual supernatural events occur.
Tom Sojer
The story is known for its humor, colorful characters and nostalgic portrayal of childhood.
