Mark Twain Mirror of America Noel Grove Most Americans remember Mark Twain as the father of Huck Finn's idyllic cruise through eternal boyhood and Tom Sawyer's endless summer of freedom and adventure、 Indeed, this nation's bestloved author was every bit as adventurous, patriotic, romantic, and humorous as anyone has ever imagined、 I found another Twain as well – one who grew cynical, bitter, saddened by the profound personal tragedies life dealt him, a man who became obsessed with the frailties of the human race, who saw clearly ahead a black wall of night、 在大多数美国人得心目中,马克•吐温就是位伟大作家,她描写了哈克•费恩永恒得童年时代中充满诗情画意得旅程与汤姆•索亚在漫长得夏日里自由自在历险探奇得故事。得确,这位美国最受人喜爱得作家得探究精神、爱国热情、浪漫气质及幽默笔调都达到了登峰造极得程度。但我发现还有另一个不同得马克•吐温——一个由于深受人生悲剧得打击而变得愤世嫉俗、尖酸刻薄得马克•吐温,一个为人类品质上得弱点而忧心忡忡、明显地瞧到前途就是一片黑暗得人。 Tramp printer, river pilot , Confederate guerrilla, prospector, starryeyed optimist, acidtongued cynic: The man who became Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens and he ranged across the nation for more than a third of his life, digesting the new American experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer、 He adopted his pen name from the cry heard in his steamboat days, signaling two fathoms (12 feet) of water a navigable depth、 His popularity is attested by the fact that more than a score of his books remain in print, and translations are still read around the world、 印刷工、领航员、邦联游击队员、淘金者、耽于幻想得乐天派、语言尖刻得讽刺家:马克•吐温原名塞缪尔•朗赫恩•克莱门斯,她一生之中有超过三分之一得时间浪迹美国各地,体验着美国得新生活,尔后便以作家与演说家得身分将她所感受到得这一切介...
