作者简介
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Mark Twain, born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American humorist and writer. He was born in Missouri and came from a poor family, losing his father at the age of 11. He worked as a typesetter at his brother's newspaper before embarking on a riverboat journey in 1857, which led to his learning navigation. His experiences on the Mississippi River from 1859 to 1861 were influential in his later writing. Twain began his writing career in 1863 under the pen name Mark Twain and gained fame with the publication of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" in 1865. He co-wrote "The Gilded Age" with Charles Dudley Warner in 1873, which aimed to capture the chaotic life and confused values after the Civil War. Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" solidified his literary legacy.