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Mark Twain

(Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

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(1835 - 1910)

Mark Twain was the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called “the Great American Novel.”

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)



Bibliography

Roughing It (1872)

An account of the author’s adventures in the West, in particular among the mining camps. It was published in England in two volumes, the second part titled The Innocents at Home. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Eminent Artists

Runaways and Castaways (1908)

A selection of stories of adventure from well known authors. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Saint Joan of Arc (1919)

This biography of the saint was originally published in Harper’s Magazine in 1904. It comprises the introductory essay and the final chapter of the author’s Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Wilfred J. Jones
Howard Pyle

The Stolen White Elephant, Etc (1882)

Eighteen articles and stories. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): None

To the Person Sitting in Darkness (1901)

A pamphlet condemning imperialist powers at the turn of the twentieth century for their atrocities in South Africa, China and the Philipines, among others. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): None

Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894)

Tom, Huck and Jim embark on an airship and travel to North Africa. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Dan Beard

Tom Sawyer Detective: As Told by Huck Finn, and Other Tales (1897)

This British edition contains the original text of Extracts from Adam’s Diary as well as the title story and five other pieces.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): None

The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins (1894)

The son of a free woman and the son of a slave woman are switched at birth. Is it nature or nurture that determines their character? Those Extraordinary Twins was written first as a satire, but the story of the two children and Pudd’nhead Wilso... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): F. M. Senior
C. H. Warren

A Tramp Abroad (1880)

The story of a walking tour of Germany and Italy, enlivened and augmented by numerous digressions and discursions. Read online at archive.org.

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