| About Author Mark Twain 1835出生于密苏里州,密西西比河畔,1863年发表第一篇作品,擅长写儿童历险的故事,1884年发表代表作《哈克贝利.费恩历险记》。 Mark Twain(whose real name was Samuel Clemens) was born in Missouri in 1835 and grew up close to the banks of the Mississippi River. Clemens started out as a printer, setting type in Iowa, New York City, Philadelphia, and other cities. Clemens then turned to piloting a steamboat on the Mississippi River until the American Civil War. In 1861, Clemens served briefly as a soldier in the Confederate army. Later that year, Clemens moved to Nevada and began writing articles as a newspaper reporter. In 1863, Clemens began signing his articles with the pseudonym Mark Twain. In 1865, Twain finished his first story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"《卡拉维拉县有名的跳蛙》, which became an instant hit. |