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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, – April 21, ), more widely known as Mark Twain, was a well known American writer born in Florida, Missouri.
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He worked mainly for newspapers and as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before he became a writer. He married in , and raised his family in Hartford, Connecticut. In later life he invested and lost the money that his writing had made, and toured the world giving lectures that brought him enough money to pay his debt and recover his fortune.
Clemens was best known for his works in fiction, and especially for his use of humour.
His first published story, in , was The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered by many to be Clemens' best work. This story of a white boy who helps a black man escape slavery in the southern United States is known for its humanity.
Clemens's style was usually informal and humorous.
This made him different from many imp