Populist and patrician, hustler and moralist, salesman and satirist, he embodied the tensions within his America, and ours.

While the brothers’ time spent in Salt Lake City was brief, Twain’s narrative offers a humorous (albeit exaggerated and ...

The local Gail Theatre celebrated Dec. 7, in 1944, by offering free admission to see "The Adventures of Mark Twain" by buying a bond at the bank, post office or at the movie house. Children were ...

“The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn’t Come to Grief” (1865): The title says it all. Twain wanted to contrast the child in his story to typical Sunday School stories where dire consequences ...

The quote about Cincinnati being " 20 years behind the times " is commonly attributed to Mark Twain. No one knows for sure ...

The published volumes cover the years from 1853, when Sam Clemens was 17 and exploring New York City and Philadelphia, to 1875, by which time Mark Twain, age 40, was at work on The Adventures of ...

A casting crisis threatened a theater’s production of a Mark Twain classic after a diversity workaround proved problematic. Despite the inherent pretend nature of theater and similar […] ...

A dream. Nothing exists, save empty space and you. And you... are but a thought. Mark Twain: There's no sadder sight than a young pessimist. Except an old optimist. The Mysterious Stranger: ...

Mark Twain: There's no sadder sight than a young pessimist. Except an old optimist. Mark Twain: Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody, if he can help it. Mark Twain: ...