【人物介紹】

馬克·吐溫,原名塞繆爾·朗赫恩·克萊門斯。美國幽默大師、小說家、著名演說家,19世紀(jì)后期美國現(xiàn)實主義文學(xué)的杰出代表。作品風(fēng)格以幽默與諷刺為主,既富于獨特的個人機智與妙語,又不乏深刻的社會洞察與剖析。主要的代表作品有《哈克貝利·費恩歷險記》(長篇)、《百萬英鎊》(短篇)等。

他被稱為美國文學(xué)史上最知名人士之一,被推崇為“美國文壇巨子”,擅長寫具有諷刺意義的小說。海倫·凱勒曾言:“我喜歡馬克·吐溫——誰會不喜歡他呢?即使是上帝,亦會鐘愛他,賦予其智慧,并于其心靈里繪畫出一道愛與信仰的彩虹?!蓖じ?思{稱他為“第一位真正的美國作家,我們都是繼承他而來”。他是美國鄉(xiāng)土文學(xué)的集大成者,海明威曾經(jīng)說過“一切當(dāng)代美國文學(xué)都起源于馬克·吐溫一本叫《哈克貝里·費恩歷險記》的書”。

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."

Mark Twain's wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it," too. He died the day following the comet's subsequent return. He was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age," and William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature."

馬克·吐溫經(jīng)典短篇小說《百萬英鎊》下載 >>

【名人名言】

1、The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
取得進展的秘訣就是開始;開始的秘訣就是將令人窒息的復(fù)雜任務(wù),細(xì)化成可操作的任務(wù),然后開始做第一件。

2、Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
人人都是月亮,都有決不讓人知道的陰暗面。

3、Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
沒有東西能抵抗歡笑。

4、Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
勇氣是對恐懼的抵抗和控制,而非恐懼的消失。

5、When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
當(dāng)你的朋友開始恭維你看起來多么年輕時,這是個確鑿的信號說明你已經(jīng)開始老了。

6、There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
沒有什么事物是比一個年紀(jì)輕輕的悲觀主義者更可憐的了。

7、A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
一個人的性格可以到他交談中使用的形容詞中去了解。

8、Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.
真正偉大的人讓你產(chǎn)生你也能偉大起來的感覺。

【經(jīng)典幽默】

車票
馬克吐溫一次乘車外出,火車開得很慢。當(dāng)查票員過來查票時,馬克吐溫遞給他一張兒童票。查票員調(diào)侃道:“我還真沒看出您還是個孩子呢!” 馬克吐溫回答:“現(xiàn)在我已經(jīng)不是孩子了,但我買票上車時還是個孩子哩?!?/p>

登記
馬克吐溫有一天來到一個小城市,他想找一家旅館過夜。旅館服務(wù)臺上的職員請他將名字寫到旅客登記簿上。 馬克吐溫先看了一下登記簿,他發(fā)現(xiàn)很多旅客都是這樣登記的,比如:拜特福公爵和他的仆人……這位著名的作家于是也寫道:“馬克吐溫和他的箱子?!?/p>

吃一條鯨魚
馬克·吐溫收到一封信。這是一位青年人寫來的,他想向馬克·吐溫請教成為大作家的訣竅。信中說:“聽說魚含大量的磷質(zhì),而磷是有利于腦子的??磥硪蔀橐粋€大作家,一定要吃很多魚吧?但不知道你究竟吃的什么魚,又吃了多少呢?”馬克·吐溫回信說:“看來,你得吃一條鯨魚才行?!?/p>