Very few people will not recognize the name, Mark Twain. Samuel Langhorne Clemens is the actual name and Mark Twain is the pen name given to him. Mark Twain was not only an American author but, was a humorist, publisher, entrepreneur, and lecturer.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was known as the greatest humorist during the time at their native country. Mark Twain has written many novels, books, short stories which have won numerous awards and was nominated as well. We know some of his very famous works such as “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, “The Gilded Age”, “The Great American Novel”, and many more.
Books by Mark Twain
Mark Twain had friendships with many presidents, kings, and celebrities and that is how he got most of his ideas of writing short stories. Mark Twain was highly inspired by his childhood friend Huck Finn. Twain later admitted that the character Finn was based on Tom Blakenship. His environment helped him get various ideas to write books and we have a shortlisted few of them below.
The Gilded Age (Novel)
Mark Twain has always been a great novelist. He has offered the readers great novels and “The Gilded Age” is one of them. In fact, the book has received 3.6 out of 5 from Goodreads and 5 out of 5 from Barnes 7 Noble.
The novel is about a poor rural family who has concern to become affluent by selling 75,000 acres of unimproved land. This story reveals everything about post-Civil War America’s corruption, national optimism, and crooked land speculators.
Through this novel, both the writers’ Mark Twain and Charles Dudley have perfectly portrayed greed and lust.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Novel)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the most famous novels ever written in the country. This book was written by Mark Twain in 1876 .
The protagonist in the story is Tom Sawyer who happens to be a young boy. He lives with his Aunt Polly that was just near the Mississippi River. This story depicts how Mark Twain is in love with rivers. Some reports say that Mark Twain’s love for the river started as a boy and growing up near the Mississippi River. Recalling all those moments from the banks of the river Mark Twain made up this beautiful novel.
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The Autobiography of Mark Twain
Interestingly, Mark Twain has written his autobiography based on his life. ‘The Autobiography of Mark Twain’ is quite a lengthy autobiography that consists of Mark’s flaws, brilliance, reminiscences, and many more. This autobiography has received 3.8 out of 5 from Goodreads and 3.3 out of 5 from Barnes & Noble.
This masterpiece autobiography from Mark Twain is available in three different volumes. All three volumes present in his form. Every chapter present in these volumes discusses Mark Twain’s lifetime stories and various other compilations.
Read more about it at https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/64432-the-10-best-mark-twain-books.html.
A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court) Novel
Firstly, This Mark Twain-written book was originally titled “A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”. There are some editions where the title has been used as the original one. Also, This beautiful novel was first published in 1889 and falls under alternate history, fantasy, humour, satire, and science fiction genre.
This novel is a comedy that is set in 6th Century England and everything has been well depicted. Hank Morgan a 19th Century resident of England, wakes up after a blow to the head and finds himself unexpectedly transported back in time or past. In his past, Hank Morgan meets King Arthur who was himself in the past.
Also, Hank Morgan finds out that his name as the king had been colored over the years by romantic myths that were not true. However, He takes a great task in his mind of analyzing the problems and shares his knowledge from 1300 years past.
Further, in the novel we see all the characters retell their parts in Malory’s original language. We also see the author meets Hank Morgan (king) in modern times. Read more about it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur%27s_Court.
Following the Equator- A Journey Around the World (Novel)
Yes, there is a movie made of a similar name and it is an exciting one. “Following the Equator- A Journey around the World” is a book that is another great written novel by Mark Twain. The book was first published way back in 1897, the same year it was written. It is a non-fictional social commentary book that is in a form of a travelogue.
But, Throughout this novel, the author has used his imaginations of visiting various locations around the world. He has also mentioned discussions of people, climate, weather conditions, flora, fauna, cultures, religion, customs, politics, and many other topics.
Therefore, All of these throughout the novel portrays a great amount of social commentary.
Conclusion
Lastly, Mark Twain will always be remembered through his beautifully-structured works. Before Mark Twain’s demise on April 21, 1910, he wrote his last work that was “Etiquette for the Afterlife: Advice to Paine”.
There are many famous novels written. All of them are just as incredible as the life story of Mark Twain himself.
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