Would you read more of Mark Twain’s writings even if they were not assigned in a course? I love reading. I read anytime that I get a chance. I only knew of two of Mark Twain’s books before I took this course; ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’. He has many famous pieces of literature read around the world. He is most known for these two books. The stories I was assigned to read this week were funny and entertaining. According to Poetry Foundation, “Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835. A distinguished novelist, fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and literary critic, he ranks among the great figures of American literature. His novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) is generally considered his masterpiece. His novels A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889) and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and The Innocents Abroad (1869), a travelogue and cultural critique, are also highly regarded. Twain’s travelogues Life on the Mississippi (1883) and Roughing It (1872) are prized for their humorous insights into American life in the late 19th century. Many would agree with H.L. Mencken, who wrote of Twain in A Mencken Chrestomathy, ‘I believe that he was the true father of our national literature.’” According to Biography, “Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, was the celebrated author of several novels, including two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He was also a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur and inventor.”

Would you read more of Mark Twain’s writings even if they were not assigned in a course? I read some of his books when I was much younger than I am now. Then, I did not find those books very interesting, but I hated reading then. Now, I love reading. I am sure I would find those same books much more interesting if I read them today. there are some of his books which I would not read for fun. There are others which I would be glad to read for fun. It really depends on what book it is. If I know people who like it, then I will read it. If they didn’t like it, then I wouldn’t read it.