At one time, he had to approach the court for bankruptcy protection. Mark Twain’s life was punctuated by many resounding successes and heart-breaking financial failures. In many of his stories, an underprivileged boy remains at the center. He had a very imaginative mind and a compassionate heart. Mark Twain was a prolific writer, and a much-sought after pubic speaker. He imbibed all the values Americans call their own - down-right honesty, humor, wit, love for technology, entrepreneurial spirit, liberalism, and regard for human dignity. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. The author, who wrote the two adventure accounts of Sawyer and Finn, is the quintessential American, Mark Twain(1835-1910). In fact, for most of us reading these books marked the rite of passage from Enid Blyton’s books to more serious and enjoyable fiction. In our childhoods, almost all of us read ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ with great delight. On the Decay of the Art of Lying by Mark TwainĪbout the author.
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