马克·吐温(本名珊缪尔·兰格洪·克莱门斯)生于l835年,卒于1910年,是美国文学史上著名的幽默家、小说家、政论家。今年是他逝世50周年,是我们今年纪念的世界文化名人之一。马克·吐温创作的一生正是从19世纪60年代美国内战到20世纪初的这一时期。这个时期以美国北方的雇佣劳动势力战胜南方的奴隶制度势力,给资本主义提供迅速发展的条件开始,到美国工业生产升居当时世界第一,成为侵略性极强的帝国主义国家为止。这时,通过内战时期的投机,掠夺和开发国内资源 Born in l835 and died in 1910, Mark Twain (whose real name is Samuel Lange Hung Clemens) is a famous humorist, novelist and political commentator in the history of American literature. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of his death and one of the world’s cultural celebrities we commemorate this year. The life of Mark Twain was born from the American Civil War in the 1860s to this early 20th century. This period began with the employment forces in the north of the United States overcoming the forces of slavery in the south and providing conditions for the rapid development of capitalism. Until the United States rose to first place in the world in industrial production and became an extremely aggressive imperialist country. At this moment, through the speculation during the civil war, the domestic resources were plundered and exploited