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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30，1835－April 21,1910)，better known by his pen name Mark Twain，was an American author and humorist.He is most noted for his novel，The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)，and its sequel，The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)，the latter often called “the Great American Novel”. Twain grew up in Hannibal，Missouri，which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.He apprenticed with a printer.He also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older