1、Mark Twain was a pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA.He grew up with a few naughty (淘气的) boys who later appeared in his stories.At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then on a river boat.Tho
2、se years on the boat went into his book Life on the Mississippi (密西西比).During the Civil War (内战) he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name.The stories he wrote in this period (时期) made him famous and popular.He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing and running (创办) his own publ
3、ishing house (出版社).But he spent all of it on high living and unsuccessful business.Mark Twain was known as a “funny man”.But in fact he took a serious view of life.Many sad things happened to him in his life.All his experience helped to shape (塑造) his stories which showed the dark side of society.He died as an old man of 75 in 1910.
