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  2. A Literary Nightmare - Wikipedia

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    "A Literary Nightmare" is a short story written by Mark Twain in 1876. The story is about Twain's encounter with an earworm, or virus-like jingle, and how it occupies his mind for several days until he manages to "infect" another person, thus removing the jingle from his mind.

  3. Mark Twain - Wikipedia

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    [201] The riverboatman's cry was "mark twain" or, more fully, "by the mark twain", meaning "according to the mark [on the line], [the depth is] two [fathoms]"; that is, "The water is 12 feet (3.7 m) deep and it is safe to pass." Twain said that his famous pen name was not entirely his invention. In Life on the Mississippi, Twain wrote:

  4. The War Prayer - Wikipedia

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    The War Prayer", a short story or prose poem by Mark Twain, is a scathing indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic and religious fervor as motivations for war. The structure of the work is simple: an unnamed country goes to war, and patriotic citizens attend a church service for soldiers who have been called up.

  5. File:Mark Twain at Stormfield (1909).webm - Wikipedia

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  6. Mark Twain bibliography - Wikipedia

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    Mark Twain. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),⁣ [1] well known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist.Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called the "Great American Novel," and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).

  7. My Platonic Sweetheart - Wikipedia

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    The Official Web Site of Mark Twain; Mark Twain Journal Coverage: 1954-2011 (Vols. 9-49). Published by: Alan Gribben. The Mark Twain Annual Coverage: 2003-2014. Published by: Penn State University Press. Mark Twain Journal Center for Mark Twain Studies, Elmira College, One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901; My Platonic Sweetheart by Mark Twain

  8. Mark Twain Got Rich the Old-Fashioned Way -- and Went Broke ...

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  9. Sketches New and Old - Wikipedia

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    Sketches New and Old is a collection of short stories by Mark Twain. It was published in 1875. All the stories are fictional except for "The Case of George Fisher." It includes the short story "A Ghost Story", among others.