Mark Twain was an American writer and humorist and he is known as the father of the Great American Novel. This blog is designed for Humanities students interested in knowing more about (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Mark Twain and his writings. It contains information about his biography & his most famous works and quotes.

Videos

This is a short video documentary of Mark Twain, the famous author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, talks about his life, works, death, etc. It even includes some clips from a 60s TV show titled "Mark Twain Tonight"! To find out more, click below

 

This video from YouTube collects Twain’s most important quotes from his novels, essays and other writings. More than 100 quotes in which  Twain talks about other famous people, his personal experience and reflections.  A MUST SEE VIDEO!!!

Watch the entire movie version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn online on YouTube! Click below!

 

Photos

Powerpoints presentations

Here you have a PowerPoint presentation that I created on Twain’s life including the major events, realism and main characteristics and one of Twain’s novels: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Above in the video section you can also see the movie online.

 Here’s a more complete PowerPoint on Twain’s biography taken from the Internet. It includes 15 of his famous quotes illustrated with pictures. 

 More resources on PDF format

This PDF contains information about Twain’s life, his book “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” and one of his short stories entitled “A Jumping Frog”.

 

This is a Reading Comprehension exercise on the biography of Mark Twain. It can be used with students but also by you, readers, to check what you have learnt about his life.  The PDF contains a one page biography, multiple choice and true/false questions exercises and a sheet with the answers.

 External links If you are interested in knowing more about Mark Twain and his writings please visit the following websites:
Biography 
Mark Twain's House 

Link to quotes and more online resources

Quotes