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These two opposing forces--freethought and spiritualism--colored the young Twain's view of the world and would later serve as material for his books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a child, Twain knew both violence and tragedy. In the town of Hannibal, Missouri, where he lived from 1839 to 1853, shootings and attempted shootings were not unusual events. Twain's older brother Benjamin died when Twain was only six; a few months later, the family lost their home to debt. When Twain was twelve, his father died. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was at this time that Twain left school to go to work in order to help his financially strapped family, first as a printer's apprentice and later as a journeyman printer; he was also a river pilot, a prospector, and a roving newspaper reporter. Twain's journalistic travels took him throughout the United States as well as to South America, Europe, and the Middle East, from where he sent back entertaining travel letters. While a reporter for the Virginia City \u003ci\u003eTerritorial \u003c\/i\u003eEnterprise, he adopted the pen name Mark Twain. His scathing, observant articles began to earn him a wide and loyal readership. Samuel Clemens\/Mark Twain made his readers, and later his listeners during his lecture tours, familiar with his life: skill-fully blending the real and the fictional, he created the char-acter of Mark Twain whom Americans--and the world--recognized and loved in his many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras \u003c\/i\u003eCounty, and Other \u003ci\u003eSketches \u003c\/i\u003e(1867); \u003ci\u003eInnocents Abroad (1869); Roughing It \u003c\/i\u003e(1872); \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876); \u003c\/i\u003eand his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eAdventures\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof Huckleberry Finn \u003c\/i\u003e(1884). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEulogized by William Dean Howells as \"the Lincoln of our literature,\" Twain achieved great fame from his writing and earned a fortune. He lost this, however, following his involvement in a failed publishing house venture; thereafter, Twain lectured to clear his debts. The final two decades of Twain's life were marked, as were his first years, by a series of tragedies: during these years he lost in quick succession his beloved wife, Livy; a favorite nephew; his daughters Susy and Jean; and his sister, Pamela. Twain had toyed with the idea that life is a dream and that human emotions and expe-riences are delusions. His work at this time reflects his grow-ing gloominess, pessimism, and contempt for organized reli-gion: Extracts from \u003ci\u003eAdam's Diary \u003c\/i\u003e(1904) and \u003ci\u003eEve's Diary \u003c\/i\u003e(1906) satirized Scripture; \u003ci\u003eChristian Science \u003c\/i\u003e(1907) ridiculed Mark Baker Eddy's new religion. This is the period, too, of Twain's vitriolic \u003ci\u003eLetters from the Earth \u003c\/i\u003e(1906; first published in 1962) and \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious \u003c\/i\u003eStranger, several versions of which were written during 1905-06 and which was posthu-mously published in 1916. Here Twain denies the existence of a benign Providence, a soul, or an afterlife. Indeed, reality itself is taken away as the Stranger in this antireligious tale--the angel-boy, Satan--asserts that \"nothing exists; all is a dream.\" This and the other works of Twain's last years belie that popular image of the easy, affable American humorist; they reveal instead a man engaged in an often tortuous strug-gle to discover what life is and what meaning, if any, it holds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark Twain died in Redding, Connecticut, on April 21, 1910.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.37 x 5.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101201830111,"sku":"9781573928274","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ucgpusNamW9781573928274.webp?v=1781584496"},{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-gilded-pocket-edition-hardcover","title":"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Gilded Pocket Edition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mark Twain was the first truly American writer, and all of us since are his heirs.\" - \u003cb\u003eWilliam Faulkner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis elegant collector's edition presents Mark Twain's classic novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring gold cover embossing and gilded page-edges.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mark Twain's classic of smalltown life along the banks of the Mississippi features loveable rascal Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn - a social outcast and son of the town drunk. Dogged his nemesis - the villainous Injun Joe - Tom embarks with Huck on a series of boyhood adventures, which include witnessing a murder in a graveyard at dead of night, running away to become a pirate and hunting for buried treasure in a haunted house. 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It is Twain's last completed novel, published when he was 61 years old. The novel is presented as a translation (by \"Jean Francois Alden\") of memoirs by Louis de Conte, a fictionalized version of Louis de Contes, Joan of Arc's page. The novel is divided into three sections according to Joan of Arc's development: a youth in Domr my, a commander of the army of Charles VII of France, and a defendant at trial in Rouen. Originally, the novel was published as a serialization in Harper's Magazine beginning in April 1895. Twain, aware of his reputation as a comic, asked that each installment appear anonymously so that readers would treat the piece seriously. 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It shares with its sequel, \"Huckleberry Finn, not only a set of unforgettable characters--Tom, Huck, Aunt Polly and others--but a profound understanding of humanity as well. Through such hilarious scenes as the famous fence-whitewashing incident, Twain gives a portrait--perceptive yet tender--of a humanity rendered foolish by his own aspirations and obsessions. Written as much for adults as for young boys and girls, \"Tom Sawyer is the work of a master storyteller performing in his shirt sleeves, using his best talents to everyone's delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who was born in Missouri in 1835 and died in Connecticut in 1910. 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As the Stranger in the story asserts, \"nothing exists; all is a dream\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARK TWAIN \u003c\/b\u003ewas born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835, the son of John Marshall Clemens, an avowed freethinker, and his wife, Jane, a believer and connoisseur of the occult. These two opposing forces--freethought and spiritualism--colored the young Twain's view of the world and would later serve as material for his books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a child, Twain knew both violence and tragedy. In the town of Hannibal, Missouri, where he lived from 1839 to 1853, shootings and attempted shootings were not unusual events. Twain's older brother Benjamin died when Twain was only six; a few months later, the family lost their home to debt. When Twain was twelve, his father died. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was at this time that Twain left school to go to work in order to help his financially strapped family, first as a printer's apprentice and later as a journeyman printer; he was also a river pilot, a prospector, and a roving newspaper reporter. Twain's journalistic travels took him throughout the United States as well as to South America, Europe, and the Middle East, from where he sent back entertaining travel letters. While a reporter for the Virginia City \u003ci\u003eTerritorial \u003c\/i\u003eEnterprise, he adopted the pen name Mark Twain. His scathing, observant articles began to earn him a wide and loyal readership. Samuel Clemens\/Mark Twain made his readers, and later his listeners during his lecture tours, familiar with his life: skill-fully blending the real and the fictional, he created the char-acter of Mark Twain whom Americans--and the world--recognized and loved in his many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras \u003c\/i\u003eCounty, and Other \u003ci\u003eSketches \u003c\/i\u003e(1867); \u003ci\u003eInnocents Abroad (1869); Roughing It \u003c\/i\u003e(1872); \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876); \u003c\/i\u003eand his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eAdventures\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof Huckleberry Finn \u003c\/i\u003e(1884). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEulogized by William Dean Howells as \"the Lincoln of our literature,\" Twain achieved great fame from his writing and earned a fortune. He lost this, however, following his involvement in a failed publishing house venture; thereafter, Twain lectured to clear his debts. The final two decades of Twain's life were marked, as were his first years, by a series of tragedies: during these years he lost in quick succession his beloved wife, Livy; a favorite nephew; his daughters Susy and Jean; and his sister, Pamela. Twain had toyed with the idea that life is a dream and that human emotions and expe-riences are delusions. His work at this time reflects his grow-ing gloominess, pessimism, and contempt for organized reli-gion: Extracts from \u003ci\u003eAdam's Diary \u003c\/i\u003e(1904) and \u003ci\u003eEve's Diary \u003c\/i\u003e(1906) satirized Scripture; \u003ci\u003eChristian Science \u003c\/i\u003e(1907) ridiculed Mark Baker Eddy's new religion. This is the period, too, of Twain's vitriolic \u003ci\u003eLetters from the Earth \u003c\/i\u003e(1906; first published in 1962) and \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious \u003c\/i\u003eStranger, several versions of which were written during 1905-06 and which was posthu-mously published in 1916. Here Twain denies the existence of a benign Providence, a soul, or an afterlife. 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Eliot, and Leo Marx\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e,\" Ernest Hemingway wrote. \"It's the best book we've had.\" A complex masterpiece that spawned controversy right from the start (it was banished from the Concord library shelves in 1885), it is at heart a compelling adventure story. Huck, in flight from his murderous father, and Jim, in flight from slavery, pilot their raft through treacherous waters, surviving a crash with a steamboat and betrayal by rogues. As Norman Mailer has said, \"The mark of how good \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e has to be is that one can compare it to a number of our best modern American novels and it stands up page for page.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn, ' Ernest Hemingway wrote. 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