Reflecting on Mark Twain’s wisdom, this editorial explores resilience, facing life’s toughest challenges head-on, and finding ...

With the rise of newspapers chains under such press barons as William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, reporters were hungry for quotes, and Twain fed them lines that were both funny and ...

Ron Chernow on the life of Mark Twain 08:00. The Mississippi Valley is "as tranquil and reposeful as dreamland, and has nothing this-worldly about it … nothing to hang a fret or worry upon." ...

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America's best known and most revered storyteller, Mark Twain (1835-1910), is remembered for his novels, satirical punditry and travel writings, but is rarely thought of as a political thinker and ...

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.

The wild, comic, self-deflating, volcanic genius of Mark Twain As Ron Chernow’s epic new biography shows, Mark Twain still has much to tell America. May 14, 2025 ...

Book Review: Ron Chernow’s ‘Mark Twain’ gives readers an honest assessment of beloved author’s life Chernow’s willingness to give readers the unvarnished truth about Twain makes the ...