"Mark Twain's biography" (brief theory)

Mark Twain                                

Mark Twain (1835–1910) was an American writer most famous for his children’s books

‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’.

Born Samuel Clemens, he used the pen name Mark Twain for his writing career.

He was a ‘father of American literature’ whose charm won many children’s hearts.

	A boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, in the Mississippi River town, Missouri. After playing hooky from school on Friday and dirtying his clothes in a fight, Tom is made to whitewash the fence as punishment on Saturday.
	'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is a good book, it follows 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and introduces American language to European readers.

Favourite Mark Twain Quote

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”