Explore Mark Twain's greatest books, from timeless adventures to sharp wit and humor. Discover the classics that shaped American literature.

Mark Twain chronicled his experiences living and ... when perhaps not more than ten men in America, all told, expected to live to see a railroad follow that route to the Pacific.

Howells in a fine phrase called Mark Twain "sole, incomparable, the Lincoln of our literature." So in a sense he was; for, like Lincoln, he came from the heart of America, spent his youth on the ...

James is not the Jim from Mark Twain’s late 19th century masterpiece ... a Jim who can show a pandering Nikki Haley what America’s always been; a Jim who knows that the real American pastime ...

A term used in river navigation, "mark twain" means water that is two fathoms ... which will still bring to American ears, as long as America shall last, the roll of his vanished drums and ...

Twain, a huge admirer of Browning, made a habit of reading his poems aloud. Page 68 shows the kind of markings and cues Twain wrote to himself to guide his public readings. For instance, he ...

"I am honored to be the first winner of the Mark Twain Prize recognized not for ... comedian's first time emceeing Hollywood's biggest night. “America demanded it and now it’s happening ...

By Paul Grein Score one for Team Coco. Conan O’Brien has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He’ll receive the award on March 23, less than three ...

In the fall of 2023, C-SPAN partnered with the Library of Congress to produce the series, Books That Shaped America ... of Frederick Douglass, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Willa Cather's ...

Conan O’Brien will be the next recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. O’Brien will be honored at the annual gala for the Mark Twain Prize on March 23 at the John F. Kennedy ...

Conan O’Brien is the latest comedian to be feted at the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The former host of Conan and The Tonight Show will receive the award on March 23 at the John F.