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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Kraljević i prosjak
A historical children's novel set in 16th-century England, during the reign of King Henry VIII of England and the beginning of the reign of his son Edward VI.
Kraljević i prosjak
A historical children's novel set in England, in the 16th century, during the reign of the English king Henry VIII. and the beginning of the reign of his son Edward VI.
Kraljević i prosjak: Pripovijest za mladež svake dobi
A historical children's novel set in England, in the 16th century, during the reign of the English king Henry VIII. and the beginning of the reign of his son Edward VI.
Pustolovine Huckleberryja Finna
The action of the novel takes place on the American Mississippi River and its banks, and the main characters are the boy Huck Finn and the runaway slave, the black Jim, who sail the river together on a raft.
Pustolovine Huckleberryja Finna
The plot of this adventure novel takes place on the American Mississippi River and its banks at a time when steamships sailed this vast river, during the author's childhood.
Pustolovine Huckleberryja Finna (druga Toma Sawyera)
The action of this adventure novel takes place on the American Mississippi River and its banks at a time when steamboats were sailing on that vast river course, during the childhood of the author himself.
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 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.