Марк Твен. Биография
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist.

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Childhood was born in Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835 Twain’s father was an attorney and a local judge

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Career In 1848 he became a printer's apprentice. In 1851, he began working as a typesetter and contributor of articles and humorous sketches for the Hannibal Journal When he was 18, he left Hannibal and worked as a printer in New York City. In 1859 he received his steamboat pilot license. In 1864 he worked as a journalist.

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The first success His first success as a writer came when his humorous tall tale, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," was published in a New York weekly, The Saturday Press, on November 18, 1865.

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Family I n February 1870 Samuel Langhorne Clemens married Olivia Langdon

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Family Three daughters Susy Clemens Clara Clemens Jean Clemens

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Later life In 1907 Oxford University awarded Twain an honorary doctorate in letters. Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910

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The most famous novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Life on the Mississippi (1883), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)

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