Mark Twain
Mark Twain (real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910) was an American writer, humorist, and satirist, best known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which are considered classics of American literature. Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, he grew up in Hannibal, a small town on the Mississippi River that inspired the setting of his works. After his father's death in 1847, Twain left school and worked as a printer's assistant, which introduced him to journalism.
In 1857, he became a pilot on Mississippi steamboats, and the pseudonym "Mark Twain" ("two fathom mark") comes from river terminology. During the Civil War, he briefly served in the Confederate militia, but devoted himself to writing. His first successful novel, the short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (1865), brought him fame. Works such as The Innocents Abroad (1869) and Life on the Mississippi (1883) blend travelogue, humor, and social criticism. Huckleberry Finn explores themes of slavery, morality, and freedom through the adventures of a boy and a runaway slave, Jim. Twain's sharp humor and satire, such as that in A Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889), mock social norms.
Despite his literary success, he faced financial problems due to bad investments. He lectured around the world and wrote for the rest of his life. He died on April 21, 1910, in Redding, 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
A novel full of action, play, humor, imagination and even love plots, it is a work that attracts young readers all over the world.
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.