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Mark Twain–Mirror of America Background information His Family ?He was born in a local lawyer‘s family in Missouri, America. He was the sixth of seven children but only three of his siblings survived childhood. Twain was born two weeks after the closest approach to Earth of?Halley’s Comet（哈雷彗星）。 His Family In February 1870, Twain and Langdon were married in?Elmira, New York, their son Langdon died of?diphtheria(白喉，一种严重的传染病)?at 19?months. They had three daughters:Susy?(1872–1896),?Clara?(1874–1962)and?Jean?(1880–1909). They all had shot life. His working experiences His works 1869 The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims Progress 1872 Roughing It?1878 Punch, Brothers, Punch! 1880 Tramp Abroad, 1882 Prince and The Pauper 1883 Life on the Mississippi? 1889 Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court1892 American Claimant, 1894 The Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins1894 Tom Sawyer Abroad1896 Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc 1909 Queen Victorias Jubilee His Books About the author and this issue What is a biography? A biography is, by definition, an account of someone’s life that has been written by somebody else. Or a written history of someone’s life. 后人评价 一个优秀的作家，一个优秀的演说家。 近代幽默文学的泰斗！ 代表美国文学的世界一流作家！ 美国的一面镜子 。 他是怀有赤子之心的顽童，亦是仗义执剑的骑士！ 有个关于马克·吐温的书库。 美国文学中的林肯。 经典幽默 与贵妇的谈话 一次马克·吐温应邀赴宴。席间，他对一位贵妇说：“夫人，你太美丽了！”不料那妇人却说：“先生，可是遗憾得很，我不能用同样的话回答你。” 头脑灵敏，言辞犀利的马克·吐温笑着回答：“那没关系，你也可以像我一样说假话。 * Pen name Mark Twain Mark Twain’s Life and Works The author＆this issue Mark Twain the Name The King of the Humorists, Mark Twain, his own name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, born on November 30, 1835, in the small village of Florida, Monroe County, Missouri. He died in 1910. His pen name came from his years working on Mississippi riverboats, where two?fathoms, a depth indicating safe water for passage of boat, was measured on the?sounding line. Twain is an?archaic?term for two. The riverboatmans cry was mark twain or, more