Mark Twain created a large number of works in his life, involving novels, plays, essays, poems and other aspects. In content, his works criticize unreasonable phenomena or ugliness of human nature, and express the writer's strong sense of justice and concern for ordinary people as a compositor and sailor. As far as style is concerned, experts and readers generally believe that humor and satire are the characteristics of his writing.
Mark Twain is the founder of American critical realism literature. Most of his works have been translated into Chinese. In 2006, Mark Twain ranked 16 in the authoritative American periodical Atlantic Monthly.
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Mark Twain, an American writer and speaker, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. "Mark Twain" is his pen name, which was originally a term used by Mississippi sailors to indicate the water depth measured on the waterway. His representative works include the novel One Million Pounds, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, etc.
Mark Twain created a large number of works in his life, involving novels, plays, essays, poems and other aspects. In content, his works criticize unreasonable phenomena or ugliness of human nature, and express the writer's strong sense of justice and care for ordinary people as a compositor and sailor. Stylistically, both experts and ordinary readers believe that humor and satire are his writing characteristics.
Mark Twain is the founder of American critical realism literature, and most of his major works have been translated into Chinese. In 2006, Mark Twain was named 16 among 100 people who influenced the United States by the authoritative American periodical Atlantic Monthly.
Extended information Mark Twain's real name is "Samuel Langhorn Clemens", and Mark Twain is his most commonly used pen name. It is generally believed that this pen name comes from his early sailor term, which means that the water depth is 3 feet.
Samuel used to be a navigator. When he and his partner measured the water depth, his partner shouted "Mark Twain!" It means "two targets", that is, the water depth is two meters (about 3.7 meters, 1 meter), which is a necessary condition for the safe navigation of ships. Another reason is that his captain Cyrus was once a respected navigator. From time to time, he writes some stories about the Mississippi River for newspapers under the pseudonym of "Mark Twain".
1858, Captain Cyrus published an article predicting that New Orleans would be flooded. Naughty Samuel decided to play a joke on him and wrote a very sharp satirical sketch after imitating his style. Who knows that this game article deeply hurt the old captain's heart, and the old captain gave up writing, and the pseudonym "Mark Twain" disappeared from the newspaper.
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Mark Twain