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1、MarkTwain(1)He was an Americanhumorist, satirist, lecturerand writer.(2)Twain is most noted for his novelsAdventures of Huckleberry Finn,which has since been called the Great American Novel,andtheAdventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for his quotations.
2、During hislifetime, Twain became afriend to presidents, artists,industrialists and Europeanroyalty.马克吐温(Mark Twain)(原名：Samuel Langhorne Clemens)Although Mark Twain‘s wealth is not much, his great humor, wit and reputation, known as one of the most famous peop
3、le in the United States, has been honouredas the“American literary giant”, good at writing satirical novels.HehasbeenhailedassecondLincolninthehistoryofAmericanliterature.I like Mark Twain-who does not like him? Even God, will love him, given his wisdom, and
4、his soul in a painting.-------HelenKeller马克吐温的四大名著《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn《汤姆·索亚历险记》Adventures of Tom Sawyer《败坏了哈德莱堡的人》TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg《苦行记》RoughingItItisthestoryabouttheboyTomSawyer,wholivesinAmericainthefirsthalfofthe19thcentury,
5、andhiseverydaylifeandthemischiefhemakes.Itwaspublishedin1876.TheAdventures of Tom Sawyerisregardedastheclassicstorydicpictingchildren’slivesinAmericaandhasbeenpopolarinthetime.Adventures of Tom SawyerIt was written before thecivil war, thedescription of the t
6、own ST. Petersburg is theminiatureAmerican society at that timeinfact.The adventures of protagonistssatirizedand criticized vulgar customs, hypocritical American religious rituals and inflexible stale school education .The novel as cheerful as describes the c
7、hildren free and lively mind. "The adventures of Tom Sawyer" became one of the greatest literary works and the United States "gilded age" of ruralpastoral.Itdescribedthedecadentbourgeoislife-styleandthesinsofslaverybyachild’sview.Avividsociallifescenesandwit
8、tyhumorwordsinthenovelmakethereadersloveit.Outstandingideologicalcontentanduniqueartisticcreativitymakeitamasterpiece.ItisviewedastheoriginofAmericanliterature.AmericanCivilWar1861.4.12–1
