Mark Twain’s legendary wit extended far beyond his novels, with a life packed full of bizarre inventions, daring adventures, ...

THE PURLOINING OF PRINCE OLEOMARGARINE, an eleven-chapter, 152-page illustrated storybook for all ages, will be published on September 26, 2017, with a first printing of 250,000 copies. The basis of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Cruelty and compassion, sin and forgiveness, cowardice and heroism, these are the conjoined twins that, for Mark Twain, ...

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Mark Twain’s long literary career led to a treasure trove of stories. These are five works that left a lasting impression on me, starting in fifth grade, when I first read a story about a betting man ...

American history is not always pretty. Sometimes it’s hard to accept that, but it is true. As Americans, there are blemishes there we don’t like the mirror to remind us of. For over 130 years, “The ...

THE MARK TWAIN ANTHOLOGY:Great Writers on His Life and Works, edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin. The Library of America, 518 pp., $35. On April 21, 1910, reports of Mark Twain's death were not ...

The Humorous Heart of America Every year, we celebrate the birthday of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), America’s ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Twain is best known for novels such as "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and his witty commentary on late 19th Century and early 20th Century life. But a new book about ...

Celebrated American writer, humorist and lecturer Mark Twain had many ties to Yale University during his life. Twain received ...

Mark Twain was on the lecture circuit for over three decades. He would take the stage feigning bemusement at discovering his audience and stand silently smoking one of the 30 cigars he would enjoy ...