And those insightful words of wisdom are still relevant today—sometimes shockingly so. If you're feeling down, reading a Mark Twain short story is a great way to escape and feel instantly more ...

P.C. insult to a Mark Twain classic He is expanding the freedom ... I would never have enjoyed hearing my English teacher repeat the N-word 219 times out loud in front of a class full of white ...

Although born two generations apart, Mark Twain and Will Rogers each developed a style that was quintessentially American. Their approach was direct, their words plain, and their humor caught the ...

Much as Twain was an admirer of Browning, he could not resist, here on page 86, adding the word "even" to a poem by Browning called "Paracelsus." From the inscription in this copy of "Little Lord ...

He had moderate success selling a self-pasting scrapbook dubbed, naturally, "Mark Twain's Scrap Book," and patented a peculiar ... where he learned more than a lead slug's worth of editing and the ...

Former IndyCar driver Danica Patrick shared a Mark Twain quote about telling the truth and expressed that she resonated with the American writer's words. Patrick has frequently been in the news ...

In truth, Clemens was in the business of inventing the fictional persona of Mark Twain as the author of his books and the speaker of his words. From his earliest days in Missouri, to his travels ...

Mark Twain chronicled his experiences living and ... No, I forget -- skunk was not the word; it seems to me it was still stronger than that; I know it was, in fact, but it is gone from my memory ...