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MarkTwain—MirrorofAmerica;Groupmembers:孙慧、朱琳、刘娟、李颖余、李旭阳、吴超;SamuelLanghorneClemens(November30,1835–April21,1910),wellknownbyhispennameMarkTwain,wasanAmericanauthorandhumorist,essayistandlecturer.MarkTwainisnotedforhisnovelsAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1884),whichhasbeencalled“theGreatAmericanNovel”,andtheAdventuresofTomSawyer.;;MarkTwainwasborninFlorida,Missouri,onNovember30,1835.Hewasthesixthofsevenchildren.Onlythreeofhissiblingssurvivedchildhood.TwainwasborntwoweeksaftertheclosestapproachtoEarthofHalleysComet.OnDecember4,1985,theUnitedStatesPostalServiceissuedastampedenvelopeforMarkTwainandHalleysComet.;MarkTwainandHalleysComet

;WhenTwainwasfour,hisfamilymovedtoHannibal,Missouri,aporttownontheMississippiRiver.Atthattime,Missouriwasaslavestate,andyoungTwainbecamefamiliarwiththeinstitutionofslavery,athemehewouldlaterexploreinhiswriting.;;;AsayoungmanTwainworkedasariverboatpilotontheMississippiRiver.Whenhestartedhiswritingcareer,SamuelClemensadoptedthename“MarkTwain,”whichmeanttwofathoms,asafedepthforariverboat.;In1861,SamuelClemensavoidedthebrewing

CivilWarbygoingwest.Hetookhisfirstwriting

jobasreporterattheVirginiaCityTerritorial

Enterprise.

;Attheageof34,hemarriedOliviaLangdonClemens.ShewasthedaughterofaNewYorkcoalmagnate,amemberofthecountry’swealthyelite.Shewouldalsofurnishhimherfamily’shomeinElmira,NewYork,aplacewherehevisitedoftenandwrotemanyofhisbest-lovedbooks.

;Becauseoffinancialproblems,ClemenslivedinEuropefrom1891-1901,butthiswasneitherhisfirstnorlasttripabroad.Infact,hewasaninveteratetraveler.Fromtheageof17tothelastfewweeksofhislifehewasalwaysdiscoveringnewplacesandrevisitingold.HecrisscrossedtheAtlan