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PARIS, July 16.-Paris sorely regretted that Mark Twain did not cross the Channel to enliven her gayety with his humor. Then she was glad that he did not come. Paris is quick to forget and to forgive.

Ron Chernow has written biographies about great men before but in Mark Twain he tackled a larger than life character known for literary classics and full of contradictions.

Ron Chernow’s sweeping new biography explores how the “Huckleberry Finn” author became such a fixture in American literature and life, despite his failings ...

In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876) and “Life on the Mississippi” (1883 ...