In nineteen thirty-five, Ernest Hemingway wrote: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn.'

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It took Mark Twain longer to write "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" than any of his other books.

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And they disliked the way Twain used the language of a common, uneducated person to tell the story.

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They were insulted by Twain's attacks on the commonly accepted morals and traditions of white society.

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Twain became famous for his story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" in eighteen sixty-five.

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This story was written by Mark Twain and adapted into Special English by Karen Leggett.

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Mark Twain was already a successful writer before he became famous as a public speaker.

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It was written by Mark Twain and adapted for Special English by Donna de Sanctis.

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Some critics think Mark Twain's later works were more serious because of his sadness.

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It was written by Mark Twain and adapted for Special English by Harold Berman.

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The writer who became Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in eighteen thirty-five.

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It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep ONeal with the story.

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It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story.

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It is the kind described in Twain's book, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

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Mark Twain tells this boy's story in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

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Twain also traveled a lot and began writing books about his travels.

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Twain tells us more through Huck's voice than Huck himself knows.

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He heard the riverboat workers call out the words "mark twain!"

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Today we tell about one of America's best-known writers, Mark Twain.

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Later,he wrote funny stories and called himself Mark Twain.

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But the leading critics of Twain's time hated it.

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They know that Twain was really attacking racism.

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Huck's moral search is part of Twain's humor.

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It was written by Mark Twain.

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Twain also wrote "Life on the Mississippi."

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