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Mark Twain
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I like to read very much. Best of all I like to read detective stories, historical novels and books about adventures. That's why I prefer books by Fenimore Cooper, Jack London, Agatha Christie and others. My favourite writer is Mark Twain. He was the founder of the realistic American novel of the present day. Mark Twain wrote such famous novels as «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer», «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn», «The Prince and the Pauper» and many others. He was also a great short story writer.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Clemens. He was born in 1835 in a small village on the Mississippi River. His father died when Sam was twelve years old, and the 'boy had to work to support the family. All his life Twain liked to read. He spent all his free time in libraries and read the works of such famous authors as Shakespeare, Dickens, Servantes, Voltaire and others. Later he became a pilot of a steamship on the Mississippi. There he learned much about men. His pen-name — Mark Twain — comes from that period of his life. It means «mark two». Much later he became a journalist, and then a famous writer known all over the world. There is much humour in most of Mark Twain's works. But there is also social criticism and satire.
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Questions
1. What books by M. Twain have you read?
2. Did you like these books?
3. What was Mark Twain's real name?
4. Why did you like Mark Twain's the books?
5. What other English writers do you know?