Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Mark Twain
This biography features Mark Twain as a regional realist author, world renown for his ability to portray real Americans in the late nineteenth century. Click "Mark Twain Activities" for artifacts and activities.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mark Twain/samuel Clemens
This is a mixed media biography of Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens. It includes an excellent PowerPoint presentation, "Mark Twain: Life, Works, and Quotations," a list of bibliographical information, a short YouTube video, a list of his most...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Mark Twain
This site focuses on Mark Twain including a link to his biography and links to the full text of six of his novels, three works of nonfiction, and 26 short stories. These include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Mark Twain, a Special Report
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, a daily news broadcast on PBS, offers a special report on Mark Twain and his missing manuscript, "A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage." A timeline of Mark Twain's life is also provided.
California Digital Library
Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years
From the diaries of his daughter, learn about the later years of the life of Mark Twain.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
This is the complete text of the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
This is an online study guide for the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
University of California
The Bancroft Library: Mark Twain at Large
This site provides extensive information on the author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and his travels here and abroad. The site is broken up into sections that are easily accessed from the first page. This site is full of wonderful...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
This collection uses primary sources to explore The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
University of California
Uc Berkeley Library: Mark Twain Takes on Art
A great look into the thoughts of Mark Twain and how he feels about certain pieces of art. Tongue-in-cheek, playful and fun. A great link between literature and fine arts for the educator!
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Mark Twain's Hannibal
Primary texts, such as music, photographs, and maps, allow students to examine how Mark Twain's life in Hannibal, Missouri, influenced his popular written works, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Burlesque Biography" by Mark Twain
This is the full text of the short story "A Burlesque Biography" by Mark Twain, an autobiography which has no relationship to Twain's real life.
Other
Online Literature: Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain
This is the original, online PDF text of the novel Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Mark Twain
Brief biography of Mark Twain including several worthwhile, additional links.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Book: "The $30,000 Bequest" by Mark Twain
This site features the full text of the short story "The $30,000 Bequest" by Mark Twain.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Book: "About Play Acting" by Mark Twain
This site features the full text of "About Play-Acting" by Mark Twain, a critique of the theater production of The Master of Palmyra.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Letters From the Earth by Mark Twain
This is the complete text of the novel Letters From The Earth by Mark Twain
Poetry Foundation
Full Books: "What Is Man? By Mark Twain
This is the original, online text of the essay "What Is Man?" by Mark Twain.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Mark Twain
America's Story covers the adventures of Mark Twain (1835-1910) (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Find out how Samuel Clemens chose his pen name. Learn about the development of the "Great American Novel."
PBS
Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Authors: Mark Twain
Biography of American novelist Mark Twain, including information on his life, travels, and history of his work.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times: Pudd'nhead Wilson
Contained here are dozens of texts and manuscripts, scores of contemporary reviews and articles, and hundreds of images related to The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain.
University of Virginia
Mark Twain in His Times: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
As part of a larger site, Mark Twain in his Times, this site on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" offers the text, selected illustrations, advertisements for the book when first published, contemporary reviews, and much more information...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Mark Twain, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912
Two essays by Mark Twain that condemn American foreign expansion and the immorality of imperialism. Includes questions for discussion.
Other
Brandeis University: Author Biographies: Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Mark Twain
Biography of American popular author and humorist Mark Twain, with personal and career information, and a list of important works.
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