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The lecture circuit hosted the US's precursory stand-up comedians, with humorists like Artemus Ward and Mark Twain. [5] [6] [7] Twain prepared, rehearsed, revised and adapted his material for his popular humorous presentations. [8] [9]
Twain may refer to: The number 2 (dated or literary usage) People. Mark Twain, pen name of American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910)
Twain's book introduced what remains one of the main literary devices used in time travel literature—a modern person is suddenly hurled into the past by some force completely beyond the traveler's control, is stuck there irrevocably, and must make the best of it—typically by trying to introduce modern inventions and institutions into the ...
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"A Literary Nightmare" is a short story written by Mark Twain in 1876. The story is about Twain's encounter with an earworm, or virus-like jingle, and how it occupies his mind for several days until he manages to "infect" another person, thus removing the jingle from his mind.
In 1869, author Mark Twain purchased one-third of the Express with $25,000 borrowed from his future father-in-law, Jervis Langdon. Twain wrote for the paper, producing features and editorials mostly on local issues. He was seldom in the newspaper office, remote working or mailing in articles while on lecture tours.
Shaina Twain’s open-throat surgery gave her a new outlook on performing.. The singer-songwriter, 59, told PEOPLE in an interview on the red carpet at the 2024 People's Choice Country Awards on ...
Letters from Hawaii is a collection of 25 letters that Mark Twain wrote from Hawaii in 1866 as a special correspondent for the Sacramento Union newspaper. The 25 letters, written during Twain's four-month visit, were not published as a book until 1947.