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  2. The Million Pound Bank Note - Wikipedia

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    The 1983 comedy film, Trading Places, features elements from both the short story and Twain's novel, The Prince and the Pauper The 1994 comedy A Million to Juan starring Paul Rodriguez The 2011 BBC Radio 4 adaptation The Million Pound Bank Note , starred Trevor White as Henry Adams

  3. Following the Equator - Wikipedia

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    Following the Equator (sometimes titled More Tramps Abroad) is a non-fiction social commentary in the form of a travelogue published by Mark Twain in 1897.. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to investing heavily into the failed Paige Compositor.

  4. Mark Twain - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist.He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature."

  5. The Innocents Abroad - Wikipedia

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    The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. [2] Published in 1869, it humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered steamship Quaker City (formerly USS Quaker City) through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867.

  6. To the Person Sitting in Darkness - Wikipedia

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    "To the Person Sitting in Darkness" is an essay by American author Mark Twain published in the North American Review in February 1901. It is a satire exposing imperialism as revealed in the Boxer Uprising and its aftermath, the Boer War, and the Philippine–American War, expressing Twain's anti-imperialist views.

  7. A Tramp Abroad - Wikipedia

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    A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880.The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe.

  8. Fact check: Clarence Darrow, not Mark Twain, said quote ... - AOL

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    The claim: Mark Twain said, 'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.' After the death of conservative media personality Rush Limbaugh on Feb. 17, some ...

  9. SS Oceana (1887) - Wikipedia

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    Author Mark Twain traveled from Sydney to Ceylon aboard Oceana in 1895 as part of his travels described in Following the Equator. He remarked of the ship: This Oceana is a stately big ship, luxuriously appointed. She has spacious promenade decks. Large rooms; a surpassingly comfortable ship.