The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer's latest book delves into the life, complexities and sardonic humor of a man who ...

More than a century after his death, Mark Twain remains one of the most recognizable voices in American literature—the author of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876), “Life on the ...

‘Mark Twain ’ By Ron Chernow Penguin Press, 1,200 Pages. Writing a biography of Mark Twain is a little like building a playpen for a lion. Soon enough the big cat will get loose. Biographer Ron ...

In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876) and “Life on the Mississippi” (1883) cement… ...

Mark Twain was America’s first celebrity, ... he kept writing. The most enduring of Twain’s books is “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” published Stateside in 1885 when Twain was 49, ...

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about literary culture. This week’s installment tests your knowledge of Mark Twain, one of America’s most popular authors. In the five ...

A third is the Mark Twain Library (paperback editions of the works without the scholarly notes, for classroom use and general readership). Yet a fourth, begun in 2001, is an online archive of ...

Mark Twain was America’s first celebrity, ... he kept writing. The most enduring of Twain’s books is “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” published Stateside in 1885 when Twain was 49, ...