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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21,1910),better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an Americanauthor andhumorist. He is most noted for his novel The Adventuresof TomSawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of HuckleberryFinn(1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel".Amongother jobs he was a master riverboat pilot on theMississippiRiver. Next he turned to journalism. While a reporter,he wrote ahumorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of CalaverasCounty,"which became very popular and brought nationwide attention.Twainwas born during a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predictedthat hewould "go out with it" as well. He died the day followingthecomet's subsequent return. He was lauded as the "greatestAmericanhumorist of his age," and William Faulkner called Twain"the fatherof American literature."

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