•Briefintroduction•Familybackground•Lifeexperience•RepresentativewriterofAmericanRealism•FigureevaluationName:SamuelLanghorneClemensPenName:MarkTwainDateofbirth:November30,1835Dateofdeath:April21,1910Status:Americanauthor,humorist,oratorAchievement:TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876)anditssequel,AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1885),thelatteroftencalledtheGreatAmericanNovel.Birthplace:Florida,MissouriFamily:aVirginianfamily.Hehassevenbrothersandsisters.Hewasthesixthofhisfamily.Hisfatherwasalocallawyer.In1839:Twain'sfamilymovedtoHannibal,MissouriIn1847:hisfatherdiedofpneumonia.In1848:becameaprinter'sapprentice.In1851:workedastypesetterandcontributor.In1853:leftHannibalandworkedasaprinter.In1854:camefromSt.LouisonthepacketKeokukandlivedinMuscatine.In1859:receivedhissteamboatpilotlicense.In1861:joinedOrion,andbegantotravelwithhim.In1865:succeededasawriterthefirsttime.In1867:hadatriptotheMediterranean.in1868:beingofferedhonorarymembership.In1870,gotmarried.In1876,wroteTheAdventuresOfTomSawyer《汤姆索亚历险记》.in1881,wroteThePrinceAndThePauper《王子与贫儿》.In1883,wroteLifeOnTheMississippi《密西西比河上》.In1884,wroteAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》.In1896,hisseconddaughterdied.In1904,hiswifedied.In1910,diedonApril21,1910.Theme:thelowerstrataofsocietyWritingtechniques:A.theoriesoflocalismB.colloquialstyle“ThegreatestAmericanhumoristofhisage”“ThefatherofAmericanliterature”