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Há 19 horas · Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature ." [3] His novels include The Adventures of Tom ...
Há 5 dias · The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, novel by Mark Twain, published in 1876, that centres on a smart mischievous young boy living in a town along the Mississippi River. The satiric work is considered a classic of American literature, and it spawned the hugely successful sequel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).
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Há 19 horas · Mark Twain had a few different motivations when he wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. To start, he was a staunch abolitionist and was appalled by the events of the Civil War. Secondly, Twain was also a fierce critic of American society, especially its hypocrisy and racism. He wanted to highlight the injustice and immorality of these issues.
Há 4 dias · Comme dans le roman de Mark Twain, « Huck », quasi-clochard des Grandes Plaines, parle comme il vit et crible son discours de mots tordus, de fautes de syntaxe, d’expressions boiteuses.
Há 1 dia · June 4, 2024, 12:29PM. Updated 1 minute ago. In 1905, in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of the Philippines, a war that raged between the American military and insurgents fighting for their ...
Há 3 dias · Twain closed his tale with the line: “It was believed afterward that the man was a lunatic, because there was no sense in what he said.”. In his refusal to have his piece published in his ...
Há 4 dias · This essay about Samuel Clemens, famously known as Mark Twain, explores the profound impact of his life and literary contributions. It examines Twain’s upbringing along the Mississippi River, his breakthrough in American literature with “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” and the enduring legacy of his iconic characters, particularly Huckleberry Finn.
