马克·吐温原名塞缪尔·朗荷恩·克莱门斯,1835年11月30日出生于美国密苏里州的佛罗里达村,长于密西西比河畔的汉尼拔镇。这座小镇对马克·吐温的成长和后来的文学创作有着深远的影响。由于马克·吐温在美国文学史中的伟大贡献,现在的汉尼拔镇一年一度举办纪念他的民俗文化节,被称为“美国文学的故乡”。马克·吐温出生那年,哈雷彗星划过太空。哈雷慧星每76年拜访地球一次。长大后的马克·吐温预言,他将随着哈雷彗星的再次到来而离开人间。 Mark Twain, formerly known as Samuel Longhorn Clemens, was born on November 30, 1835 in the Missouri, Florida, U.S.A., in the town of Hannibal on the Mississippi River. The town has a profound impact on the growth and later literary creation of Mark Twain. Because of Mark Twain’s great contribution to the history of American literature, the town of Hannibal now hosts an annual festival commemorating his folk culture, known as the “hometown of American literature.” Mark Twain was born that year, Halley’s comet across space. Halley’s Comedy visits Earth every 76 years. Mark Twain, who grew up, predicted that he would leave the world with Comedian Halley again.