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A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on 30th November 1835 in Missouri to John and Jane Clemens. At four years of age, he shifted to Hannibal, a small town of almost 1000 people, with his family.
Twain’s father died in 1847. The family becomes destitute and forced into an economic struggle. This struggle at an early age shaped the career of Mark Twain. Until 17, Twain lived in Hannibal.
Even though the place appears to be apparently peaceful with steamboats arriving three times a day for paid rides and decent libraries, the violence was in the routine. Twain witnessed lots of deaths. At the age of 9, Twain saw a local man murdering cattle rancher and many more such deaths. 
His life inspired the setting of many of the literary works of Mark Twain at Hannibal. The town was full of cruelty, drunkenness, poverty, boredom, and loneliness. All of these things are part of the boyhood experiences of Twain.
Until the age of 12, Twain studied at school. Due to financial problems, he then employed himself in an apprenticeship as a printer in Hannibal Courier. The job paid him with the little ration of food. At the age of 15, he got a job as an occasional writer, editor, and painter at the newspaper, Hannibal Western Union, owned by his brother.
In 1857, Twain started learning to pilot a steamboat on the Mississippi. In 1859, he got a regular job at the channel and shoals of the great river. He was extremely happy with his career; however, his service was cut short with the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.
In the Civil War, Twain supported the Confederate States and joined them. However, he only served for a couple of weeks, and his volunteer unit scattered.
In 1861, he lived for the next five years in Nevada and California. Initially, his prospect was good, and he became his family’s savior. However, in 1862, he again started looking for a regular job.
He started working as a reporter for Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. He published stories, sketches, and editorial with pen name Mark Twain. Mark Twain was/is steamboat slang for the 12 feels of water. Twain instantly becomes recognized for his interesting and satirical stories and distinguishing narrative style. The 1865’s story “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” proves to be a big break in his literary career. 
In 1867, he went to the Mediterranean Sea and then wrote humorous stories for the American newspaper about the sight. This proves to be another great success in his newly developed literary career. All the stories were combined into a collection The Innocent Abroad and were published in 1869.
In 1870, the social status of Mark Twain was improved when he married Olivia Langdon. Olivia was the daughter of a rich coal merchant in New York.
In 1876, Twain published his most celebrated work, The Adventure of Tom Sawyer. Soon afterward, he published a sequel title The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In 1883, he published Life on the Mississippi.
With great literary success, business and writing become equally important for Mark Twain. By publishing the memoirs of President Ulysses S. Grant, Twain became a successful book publisher in 1885. He spent lots of money on publishing, hoping to earn lots of money. However, he became bankrupt.
The financial loss of Twain resembles that of his father. This results in serious mental problems. The recollections of his father’s failure resulted in increasing pessimism. He started feeling that human existence is a joke enacted by laughing God.
Twain published A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court in 1889. It is a science fiction and historical novel about ancient England. In 1894, he published The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, Twain’s next major work. It is a somber novel often described as “bitter.”
For the rest of his life, he wrote lots of stories, essays, and books. The last fifteen years of the life of Mark Twain is known to be filled with honors. In the late 19th century, he became the most famous American.
Even though his last years were full of awards, it was also full of anguish. The couple, Livy and Mark Twain lost their infant son early in their marriage. In 1896, his daughter, Susy, also dies because of spinal disease. Twain’s youngest daughter, Jean, was also suffering from epilepsy and died in 1909. The relationship with his middle daughter, Clara, was full of quarrels and distant.
Mark Twain suffered from the nasty bout of paranoia and volcanic rages. He also experienced depression and spent most of the time, smoking, reading, and playing cards.
Mark Twain died on 21st April 1910 at the age of 74.