Author information of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the masterpiece of Mark Twain, a famous American novelist, published in 1876.

Mark Twain (November 3, 1835-April 21, 191), whose original name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American humorist, novelist, writer and famous speaker. Although his family wealth is not much, it does not damage his humor, wit and fame, and he is one of the most famous people in the United States. He has a wide range of friends, including William Dean Howells, Booker Washington, nikola tesla, Helen Keller and Henry Roger. He was once known as Lincoln in the history of literature. Helen Keller once said, "I like Mark Twain-who wouldn't like him?" Even God will love him, give him wisdom, and draw a rainbow of love and faith in his heart. " William faulkner called Mark Twain "the first real American writer, and we all inherited him". He died in 191 at the age of 75 and was buried in Aymara, New York.

the origin of the pen name

Mark Twain is his most commonly used pen name, and it is generally believed that this pen name originated from his early sailor terminology. Samuel (that is, "Mark Twain") used to be a navigator, and when measuring the water depth with his partner, his partner shouted "Mark Twain!" It means "two marks", that is, the water depth is two invertors (one invertor is about 1,1m), which is a necessary condition for the safe navigation of ships.

Another reason is that Cyrus, his captain, is a highly respected navigator. From time to time, he writes sketches about the story of the Mississippi River for newspapers under the pen name "Mark Twain".

In p>1859, Captain Cyrus published an article predicting that New Orleans would be flooded. The naughty Samuel decided to play a joke on him and wrote a very sharp satirical sketch imitating his style. Who knows that this game article has deeply hurt the old captain's heart, and the old captain has since given up writing, and the pseudonym "Mark Twain" has since disappeared from the newspaper.

four years later, Samuel, who became a journalist, learned of the bad news of Captain Cyrus' death, regretted his prank in those years, and was determined to make up for this mistake, so he inherited the pseudonym "Mark Twain" and started his writing career.

However, it is also said that when wandering in the west, he often buys two glasses of wine in the hotel and asks the bartender to write "two marks" on the bill. However, whether it is true or false, or both are false, there is no way to test it. His real name is Samuel Langham.

Born in a poor rural lawyer family in Hannibal, a small town on the Mississippi River, he went abroad as an apprentice. I worked as a compositor, a Mississippi sailor, a Confederate soldier, and also worked in timber, mining and publishing, but my effective work was as a reporter and writing humorous literature.

Mark Twain is the founder of American critical realism literature and a world-famous master of short stories. He experienced the development process from "free" capitalism to imperialism in the United States, and his thoughts and creations also showed the development stage from light teasing to bitter satire to pessimism and world-weariness.

in his early works, such as the short stories Running for Governor (187) and Goldsmith's Friends Going Abroad Again (187), he mocked the absurdity of "democratic election" and the essence of "democratic paradise" in the United States with humorous and witty brushwork.

Mid-term works, such as the novel The Gilded Age (1874, co-written with Warner), the representative novels The Adventures of Hakberg Finn (1886) and Fool Wilson (1893), satirize and expose the social reality of speculation, money worship and darkness that prevailed in the United States like a plague with deep and pungent style. The Adventures of Hakberg Finn tells the story of Huck, a white boy, wandering in the Mississippi River with Jim, a fugitive black slave. It not only criticizes the brutality of feudalism and exposes the irrationality of lynching, but also satirizes the hypocrisy and ignorance of religion, condemns the evil of slavery, praises the excellent quality of black slaves, and promotes the progressive proposition that everyone enjoys freedom regardless of racial status. With fresh and powerful writing and natural and unique perspective, his works are regarded as epoch-making realistic works in the history of American literature.

at the end of 19th century, as the United States entered the stage of imperialist development, the critical revelation significance of some of Mark Twain's travel notes, essays and political essays, such as A Journey around the Equator (1897), novella The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg (19) and Mysterious Visitor (1916), gradually weakened, while the mysterious feelings of despair lengthened.

Mark Twain is known as "Lincoln in American literature". Most of his major works have been translated into Chinese.