Mark Twain

Tonight I want to talk about Mark Twain, a well known American author and humorist. Most of the students in China read some of his articles translated in Chinese such as Running for Governor in our textbook.


There is something from Wikipedia that I want to share with you.

Mark Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first published in 1885 and has been called “the Great American Novel”. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Satirizing a Southern antebellum society that was already out of date by the time the work was published.

He was not only fascinated with writing but also with science and scientific inquiry. And he even patented three inventions.

Twain was very popular, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned praise from critics and peers. Upon his death he was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age".

Thank you.