Mark Twain is a famous American writer and humourist. He was born in 1835. His name was Samuel Clemens but he changed to Mark Twain, which came from his work on the river as a pilot (лоцман). Mark Twain had to work from an early age to earn his living. His father was a poor town lawyer. When Mark Twain started to write short stories, he became famous at once. He wrote many books such as "The Prince and the Pauper", " A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" and others. But his most famous books are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" which made him popular all over the world. The great writer died in 1910.
