Mark Twain 英文简介.docVIP

Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens（塞缪尔?朗赫恩?克莱门斯） (1835-1910)The greatest humorist Mirror of America “The Lincoln of our literature” Father of American Literature --William Faulkner 1. Life Story 1) Born Samuel Longhorn Clemens in Florida, Missouri On Nov.30,1835, when Halley’s Comet was visible in the sky, so was when he passed away. 2) Doing odd jobs after his father’s death from 12 years age– apprentice to a local printer 3) Two years from 1857, As a young man Twain worked as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River. When he started his writing career, Samuel Clemens adopted the name “Ma