Mark Twain
Born	1835
Died	1910 (aged 75)
Language	English
Genre	American Literature, Humor
Nationality	American
Gender	Male

Mark Twain

Mark Twain was an American author who primarily wrote in English.

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910) was an American humorist and author famous for “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”

Short Stories written by Mark Twain

“After” Jenkins 1868 - A grand affair of a ball--the Pioneers'--came off at the Occidental some time ago. The following notes of the costumes… ... Read more
A Burlesque Biography 1868 - Two or three persons having at different times intimated that if I would write an autobiography they would read it… ... Read more
A Cure for the Blues 1868 - By courtesy of Mr. Cable I came into possession of a singular book eight or ten years ago. It is… ... Read more
A Curious Experience 1868 - This is the story which the Major told me, as nearly as I can recall it:-- In the winter of… ... Read more
A Curious Pleasure Excursion 1868 - --[Published at the time of the "Comet Scare" in the summer of 1874] [We have received the following advertisement, but,… ... Read more
A Defence of General Funston 1868 - I February 22. To-day is the great Birth-Day; and it was observed so widely in the earth that differences in… ... Read more
A Dog’s Tale 1868 - I My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what… ... Read more
A Entertaining Article 1868 - I take the following paragraph from an article in the Boston ADVERTISER: AN ENGLISH CRITIC ON MARK TWAIN Perhaps the… ... Read more
A Fable 1868 - Once upon a time an artist who had painted a small and very beautiful picture placed it so that he… ... Read more
A Fashion Item 1868 - [Written about 1867.] At General G----'s reception the other night, the most fashionably dressed lady was Mrs. G. C. She… ... Read more
A Fine Old Man 1868 - John Wagner, the oldest man in Buffalo--one hundred and four years old --recently walked a mile and a half in… ... Read more
A Ghost Story 1870 - I took a large room, far up Broadway, in a huge old building whose upper stories had been wholly unoccupied… ... Read more
A Helpless Situation 1868 - Once or twice a year I get a letter of a certain pattern, a pattern that never materially changes, in… ... Read more
A Humane Word from Satan 1868 - [The following letter, signed by Satan and purporting to come from him, we have reason to believe was not written… ... Read more
A Letter from Santa Claus 1875 - Palace of Saint Nicholas in the Moon Christmas Morning My Dear Susy Clemens, I have received and read all the… ... Read more
A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury 1868 - Riverdale-on-the-Hudson, OCTOBER 15, 1902. THE HON. THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, WASHINGTON, D. C.: Sir,--Prices for the customary kinds of… ... Read more
A Medieval Romance 1868 - CHAPTER I. THE SECRET REVEALED. It was night. Stillness reigned in the grand old feudal castle of Klugenstein. The year… ... Read more
A Memory 1868 - When I say that I never knew my austere father to be enamoured of but one poem in all the… ... Read more
A Monument to Adam 1868 - Some one has revealed to the TRIBUNE that I once suggested to Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, of Elmira, New York,… ... Read more
A Mysterious Visit 1868 - The first notice that was taken of me when I "settled down" recently was by a gentleman who said he… ... Read more
A New Crime 1868 - LEGISLATION NEEDED This country, during the last thirty or forty years, has produced some of the most remarkable cases of… ... Read more
A Reminiscence of the Back Settlements 1868 - "Now that corpse [said the undertaker, patting the folded hands of the deceased approvingly] was a brick--every way you took… ... Read more
A Royal Compliment 1868 - The latest report about the Spanish crown is, that it will now be offered to Prince Alfonso, the second son… ... Read more
A Telephonic Conversation 1868 - Consider that a conversation by telephone--when you are simply sitting by and not taking any part in that conversation--is one… ... Read more
A True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It 1868 - It was summer time, and twilight. We were sitting on the porch of the farm-house, on the summit of the… ... Read more
About Barbers 1868 - All things change except barbers, the ways of barbers, and the surroundings of barbers. These never change. What one experiences… ... Read more
About Magnanimous-Incident Literature 1868 - All my life, from boyhood up, I have had the habit of reading a certain set of anecdotes, written in… ... Read more
About Play-Acting 1868 - I I have a project to suggest. But first I will write a chapter of introduction. I have just been… ... Read more
About Smells 1868 - In a recent issue of the "Independent," the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, of Brooklyn, has the following utterance on… ... Read more
Advice To Little Girls 1868 - Good little girls ought not to make mouths at their teachers for every trifling offense. This retaliation should only be… ... Read more
After-Dinner Speech 1868 - [AT A FOURTH OF JULY GATHERING, IN LONDON, OF AMERICANS] MR. CHAIRMAN AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I thank you for… ... Read more
Amended Obituaries 1868 - AMENDED OBITUARIES TO THE EDITOR: Sir,--I am approaching seventy; it is in sight; it is only three years away. Necessarily,… ... Read more
Among the Fenians 1868 - Wishing to post myself on one of the most current topics of the day, I, Mark, hunted up an old… ... Read more
Among the Spirits 1868 - There was a séance in town a few nights since. As I was making for it, in company with the… ... Read more
An Encounter With An Interviewer 1868 - The nervous, dapper, "peart" young man took the chair I offered him, and said he was connected with the Daily… ... Read more
Answers to Correspondents 1868 - "MORAL STATISTICIAN."--I don't want any of your statistics; I took your whole batch and lit my pipe with it. I… ... Read more
At The Appetite-Cure 1868 - This establishment's name is Hochberghaus. It is in Bohemia, a short day's journey from Vienna, and being in the Austrian… ... Read more
Aurelia’s Unfortunate Young Man 1868 - The facts in the following case came to me by letter from a young lady who lives in the beautiful… ... Read more
Cannibalism In The Cars 1868 - I visited St. Louis lately, and on my way West, after changing cars at Terre Haute, Indiana, a mild, benevolent-looking… ... Read more
Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven 1868 - CHAPTER I Well, when I had been dead about thirty years I begun to get a little anxious. Mind you,… ... Read more
Christian Science and the book of Mrs. Eddy 1868 - 'It is the first time since the dawn-days of Creation that a Voice has gone crashing through space with such… ... Read more
Colonel Mulberry Sellers 1868 - COLONEL MULBERRY SELLERS was in his library, which was his drawing-room, and was also his picture gallery, and likewise his… ... Read more
Concerning Chambermaids 1868 - Against all chambermaids, of whatsoever age or nationality, I launch the curse of bachelordom! Because:They always put the pillows at… ... Read more
Concerning The American Language 1868 - --[Being part of a chapter which was crowded out of "A Tramp Abroad."-- M.T.] There was as Englishman in our… ... Read more
Concerning The Jews 1868 - Some months ago I published a magazine article[1] descriptive of a remarkable scene in the Imperial Parliament in Vienna. Since… ... Read more
Concerning Tobacco 1868 - As concerns tobacco, there are many superstitions. And the chiefest is this--that there is a STANDARD governing the matter, whereas… ... Read more
Curing A Cold 1868 - It is a good thing, perhaps, to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher… ... Read more
Curious Relic For Sale 1868 - "For sale, for the benefit of the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Firemen, a… ... Read more
Dan Murphy 1868 - One of the saddest things that ever came under my notice (said the banker's clerk) was there in Corning, during… ... Read more
Dick Baker’s Cat 1921 - One of my comrades thereanother of those victims of eighteen years of unrequited toil and blighted hopeswas one of the… ... Read more
Diplomatic Pay and Clothes 1868 - VIENNA, January 5--I find in this morning's papers the statement that the Government of the United States has paid to… ... Read more
Disgraceful Persecution Of A Boy 1868 - In San Francisco, the other day, "A well-dressed boy, on his way to Sunday-school, was arrested and thrown into the… ... Read more
Does the Race of Man Love a Lord?? 1868 - Often a quite assified remark becomes sanctified by use and petrified by custom; it is then a permanency, its term… ... Read more
Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale 1868 - These two were distantly related to each other--seventh cousins, or something of that sort. While still babies they became orphans,… ... Read more
English as She is Taught 1868 - In the appendix to Croker's Boswell's Johnson one finds this anecdote: CATO'S SOLILOQUY.--One day Mrs. Gastrel set a little girl… ... Read more
Eve’s Diary 1906 - SATURDAY.--I am almost a whole day old, now. I arrived yesterday. That is as it seems to me. And it… ... Read more
Experience Of The McWilliamses With Membranous Croup 1868 - [As related to the author of this book by Mr. McWilliams, a pleasant New York gentleman whom the said author… ... Read more
Extracts from Adam’s Diary 1868 - MONDAY.--This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and… ... Read more
First Interview With Artemus Ward 1868 - I had never seen him before. He brought letters of introduction from mutual friends in San Francisco, and by invitation… ... Read more
From the ‘London Times’ of 1904 1868 - Correspondence of the 'London Times' Chicago, April 1, 1904 I resume by cable-telephone where I left off yesterday. For many… ... Read more
General Washington’s Negro Body-Servant 1868 - A Biographical Sketch The stirring part of this celebrated colored man's life properly began with his death--that is to say,… ... Read more
Goldsmith’s Friend Abroad Again 1868 - NOTE.--No experience is set down in the following letters which had to be invented. Fancy is not needed to give… ... Read more
History Repeats Itself 1868 - The following I find in a Sandwich Island paper which some friend has sent me from that tranquil far-off retreat.… ... Read more
Honored As A Curiosity 1868 - If you get into conversation with a stranger in Honolulu, and experience that natural desire to know what sort of… ... Read more
How I Edited an Agricultural Paper 1868 - I did not take temporary editorship of an agricultural paper without misgivings. Neither would a landsman take command of a… ... Read more
How The Author Was Sold In Newark 1868 - [Written about 1869.] It is seldom pleasant to tell on oneself, but some times it is a sort of relief… ... Read more
How to Tell a Story 1868 - The Humorous Story an American Development.--Its Difference from Comic and Witty Stories . I do not claim that I can… ... Read more
Hunting The Deceitful Turkey 1868 - When I was a boy my uncle and his big boys hunted with the rifle, the youngest boy Fred and… ... Read more
In Memoriam – Olivia Susan Clemens 1868 - DIED AUGUST 18, 1896; AGED 24 In a fair valley--oh, how long ago, how long ago!-- Where all the broad… ... Read more
Information Wanted 1868 - "WASHINGTON, December 10, 1867. "Could you give me any information respecting such islands, if any, as the government is going… ... Read more
Introduction to “The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English” 1868 - INTRODUCTION TO "THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH" by Pedro Carolino In this world of uncertainties,… ... Read more
Is He Living or Is He Dead? 1868 - I was spending the month of March 1892 at Mentone, in the Riviera. At this retired spot one has all… ... Read more
Italian with Grammar 1868 - I found that a person of large intelligence could read this beautiful language with considerable facility without a dictionary, but… ... Read more
Italian Without a Master 1868 - It is almost a fortnight now that I am domiciled in a medieval villa in the country, a mile or… ... Read more
Jim Baker’s Blue-Jay Yarn 1868 - Animals talk to each other, of course. There can be no question about that; but I suppose there are very… ... Read more
John Chinaman In New York 1868 - As I passed along by one of those monster American tea stores in New York, I found a Chinaman sitting… ... Read more
Johnny Greer 1868 - "The church was densely crowded that lovely summer Sabbath," said the Sunday-school superintendent, "and all, as their eyes rested upon… ... Read more
Journalism In Tennessee 1868 - [Written about 1871.] The editor of the Memphis swoops thus mildly down upon a correspondent who posted him as a… ... Read more
Legend Of Sagenfeld, In Germany 1868 - --[Left out of "A Tramp Abroad" because its authenticity seemed doubtful, and could not at that time be proved.--M. T.]… ... Read more
Lionizing Murderers 1868 - I had heard so much about the celebrated fortune-teller Madame-----, that I went to see her yesterday. She has a… ... Read more
Lost in the Snow 1872 - The next morning it was still snowing furiously when we got away with our new stock of saddles and accoutrements.… ... Read more
Luck 1868 - [Note: This is not a fancy sketch. I got it from a clergyman who was an instructor at Woolwich forty… ... Read more
Mark Twain: A Child’s Biography 1915 - John Clemens, Samuel's father, was a farmer, merchant, and postmaster in a Missouri town, called Florida. His wife, Jane Clemens,… ... Read more
Mr. Bloke’s Item 1868 - [Written about 1865.] Our esteemed friend, Mr. John William Bloke, of Virginia City, walked into the office where we are… ... Read more
My Bloody Massacre 1868 - The other burlesque I have referred to was my fine satire upon the financial expedients of "cooking dividends," a thing… ... Read more
My Boyhood Dreams 1868 - The dreams of my boyhood? No, they have not been realised. For all who are old, there is something infinitely… ... Read more
My Debut as a Literary Person 1868 - In those early days I had already published one little thing ('The Jumping Frog') in an Eastern paper, but I… ... Read more
My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It 1868 - As I understand it, what you desire is information about 'my first lie, and how I got out of it.'… ... Read more
My First Literary Venture 1868 - I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time. It… ... Read more
My Late Senatorial Secretaryship 1868 - [Written about 1867.] I am not a private secretary to a senator any more I now. I held the berth… ... Read more
My Military Campaign 1868 - You have heard from a great many people who did something in the war; is it not fair and right… ... Read more
My Watch 1868 - [Written about 1870.] An Instructive Little Tale My beautiful new watch had run eighteen months without losing or gaining, and… ... Read more
Paris Notes 1868 - --[Crowded out of "A Tramp Abroad" to make room for more vital statistics.--M. T.]The Parisian travels but little, he knows… ... Read more
Party Cries In Ireland 1868 - Belfast is a peculiarly religious community. This may be said of the whole of the North of Ireland. About one-half… ... Read more
Petition Concerning Copyright 1868 - TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED: Whereas, The Constitution guarantees equal rights to all,… ... Read more
Political Economy 1868 - Political Economy is the basis of all good government. The wisest men of all ages have brought to bear upon… ... Read more
Portrait of King William III 1868 - I never can look at those periodical portraits in THE GALAXY magazine without feeling a wild, tempestuous ambition to be… ... Read more
Post-mortem Poetry 1868 - In Philadelphia they have a custom which it would be pleasant to see adopted throughout the land. It is that… ... Read more
Punch, Brothers, Punch! 1868 - Will the reader please to cast his eye over the following lines, and see if he can discover anything harmful… ... Read more
Riley-Newspaper Correspondent 1868 - One of the best men in Washington--or elsewhere--is RILEY, correspondent of one of the great San Francisco dailies. Riley is… ... Read more
Rogers 1868 - This Man Rogers happened upon me and introduced himself at the town of -----, in the South of England, where… ... Read more
Running For Governor 1868 - A few months ago I was nominated for Governor of the great state of New York, to run against Mr.… ... Read more
Some Learned Fables, For Good Old Boys And Girls 1868 - In Three Parts PART FIRST HOW THE ANIMALS OF THE WOOD SENT OUT A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION Once the creatures of… ... Read more
Speech At The Scottish Banquet In London 1868 - --[Written about 1872.] On the anniversary festival of the Scottish Corporation of London on Monday evening, in response to the… ... Read more
Speech On Accident Insurance 1868 - DELIVERED IN HARTFORD, AT A DINNER TO CORNELIUS WALFORD, OF LONDON GENTLEMEN: I am glad, indeed, to assist in welcoming… ... Read more
Speech On The Babies 1868 - AT THE BANQUET, IN CHICAGO, GIVEN BY THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE TO THEIR FIRST COMMANDER, GENERAL U. S. GRANT,… ... Read more
Speech On The Weather 1868 - AT THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY'S SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL DINNER, NEW YORK CITY The next toast was: "The Oldest Inhabitant--The Weather of… ... Read more
Switzerland, the Cradle of Liberty 1868 - Interlaken, Switzerland, 1891. It is a good many years since I was in Switzerland last. In that remote time there… ... Read more
The $30,000 Bequest 1868 - Chapter I Lakeside was a pleasant little town of five or six thousand inhabitants, and a rather pretty one, too,… ... Read more
The 1,000,000 Bank Note 1868 - When I was twenty-seven years old, I was a mining-broker's clerk in San Francisco, and an expert in all the… ... Read more
The Approaching Epidemic 1868 - One calamity to which the death of Mr. Dickens dooms this country has not awakened the concern to which its… ... Read more
The Californian’s Tale 1868 - Thirty-five years ago I was out prospecting on the Stanislaus, tramping all day long with pick and pan and horn,… ... Read more
The Canvasser’s Tale 1868 - Poor, sad-eyed stranger! There was that about his humble mien, his tired look, his decayed-gentility clothes, that almost reached the… ... Read more
The Capitoline Venus 1868 - CHAPTER I [Scene-An Artist's Studio in Rome.] "Oh, George, I do love you!" "Bless your dear heart, Mary, I know… ... Read more
The Captain’s Story 1868 - There was a good deal of pleasant gossip about old Captain 'Hurricane' Jones, of the Pacific Ocean--peace to his ashes!… ... Read more
The Carnival of Crime in Connecticut 1868 - THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT CARNIVAL OF CRIME IN CONNECTICUT I was feeling blithe, almost jocund. I put a match… ... Read more
The Case Of George Fisher 1868 - --[Some years ago, about 1867, when this was first published, few people believed it, but considered it a mere extravaganza.… ... Read more
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 1865 - In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured,… ... Read more
The Curious Dream 1868 - CONTAINING A MORAL Night before last I had a singular dream. I seemed to be sitting on a doorstep (in… ... Read more
The Curious Republic of Gondour 1868 - As soon as I had learned to speak the language a little, I became greatly interested in the people and… ... Read more