Mark Twain

3,000 books • 234 series

Mark Twain was born Samuel Clemens in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, and died at Redding, Connecticut in 1910. In his person and in his pursuits, he was a man of extraordinary contrasts. Although he left school at twelve when his father died, he was eventually awarded honorary degrees from Yale University, the University of Missouri, and Oxford University. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher. He made fortunes from his writing but toward the end of his life he had to resort to lecture tours to pay his debts. He was hot-tempered, profane, and sentimental—and also pessimistic, cynical, and tortured by self-doubt. His nostalgia for the past helped produce some of his best books. He lives in American letters as a great artist, the writer whom William Dean Howells called “the Lincoln of our literature.”
1 Dec 1992
Cover of The Complete Short Stories

The Complete Short Stories

Jan 1982
Cover of Letters from the Sandwich Islands

Letters from the Sandwich Islands

Dec 1, 1981
Cover of How to Tell a Story

How to Tell a Story (Mark Twain)

Dec 1, 1981
Cover of The American Claimant

The American Claimant (Mark Twain, #1)

Dec 1, 1981
Cover of Sketches

Sketches

Oct 1, 1981
Cover of Mark Twain

Mark Twain (Great Authors ) (Library of America College Editions) (Anthem Classics Deluxe Edition) (Anthem Classics) (Great Masters Library) (Selected Works) (Autore Selectos) (Leopard classics) (Little Brown Notebook S.) (Obras Selectas) (Leather-bound Classics) (Greenwich Unabridged Library Classics) (Great Authors (Audio)) (The classic author collection) (Great Americans (Gareth Stevens Hardcover)) (Quotations of Great Americans)

Oct 1, 1981
Cover of A Dog's Tale

A Dog's Tale (Buddy's Dog Tales, #1)

Oct 1, 1981
Cover of The Complete Short Stories Of Mark Twain

The Complete Short Stories Of Mark Twain (Digireads.com Classic) (Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain, #1)

Oct 1, 1981
Cover of Was It Heaven? Or Hell?

Was It Heaven? Or Hell?

Oct 1, 1981
Cover of The Five Boons of Life

The Five Boons of Life

Oct 1, 1981
Cover of The Bridge-Builders

The Bridge-Builders

Jul 27, 1981
Cover of Early Tales and Sketches, Volume 2

Early Tales and Sketches, Volume 2

Jul 1, 1981
Cover of Arabian Nights Pa

Arabian Nights Pa

Feb 1, 1981
Cover of The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn

Jan 1, 1981
Cover of Principe y Mendigo (067)

Principe y Mendigo (067)

Dec 1, 1980
Cover of Adam's Diary

Adam's Diary

Sep 1, 1980
Cover of One-Million-Pound Bank-Note

One-Million-Pound Bank-Note

Aug 1980
Cover of Poor Little Stephen Girard

Poor Little Stephen Girard

Apr 28, 1980
Cover of The Devil's Race-Track

The Devil's Race-Track

Jan 1, 1980
Cover of Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by the Sieur Louis De Conte, Her Page and Secretary

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by the Sieur Louis De Conte, Her Page and Secretary

Jan 1, 1980
Cover of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Tom Sawyer, Detective

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Tom Sawyer, Detective

May 1, 1979
Cover of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

May 1, 1979
Cover of Twain Mark : Advs. of Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn (Sc)

Twain Mark : Advs. of Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn (Sc)

Jan 1, 1979
Cover of Early Tales and Sketches, Volume 1

Early Tales and Sketches, Volume 1