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Hace 4 días · Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature."
Hace 4 días · Mark Twain is one of the most famous American authors of all time. He wrote books, plays, and essays that have been read by millions of people, and his works have been adapted and reinterpreted in numerous forms. In addition to his books, Twain was an active political, social, and literary critic. He had strong beliefs on many topics, not least ...
Hace 2 días · John Grisham. Before John Grisham became a household name synonymous with legal thrillers, he self-published his first novel with the help of a small local press who put out just 5,000 copies which he had to self himself, one-by-one from the back of his car! The book was the now famous, “A Time to Kill,” released in 1989.
Hace 1 día · Following the tradition established by Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, and Sinclair Lewis, Hemingway was a journalist before becoming a novelist. The New York Times wrote in 1926 of Hemingway's first novel, "No amount of analysis can convey the quality of The Sun Also Rises.
Hace 6 días · MARK TWAIN (November 13th, 1835 – April 21st, 1910) American humorist, author, and journalist. Main accomplishments: Penned over 50 novels, short story collections, non-fiction works, critical essays, and one play, including The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (1876), The Prince And The Pauper (1881), and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the ...
Hace 6 días · The Mark Twain Archive. The Archive, in conjunction with the Center for Mark Twain Studies, affords scholars the uniquely rewarding experience of ready access to a collection of primary and secondary materials on Twain as well as the opportunity to live and work in the same home, Quarry Farm, where Twain spent some of his most productive summers in the 1870s and 1880s.
Hace 2 días · 740 Views. Captured by: Capture, LLC. The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens and his family from 1874 to 1891. It was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and built in the American High Gothic style. (Wikipedia)
