1. Mark Twain
At that time in his writing career, he peppered most of his letters and over exaggerated on them. ... In 1894 following the failure of his publishing company and of the Paige type setting machine in which he heavily invested his money (Parkes, P 233). ... It looked as if everything awful started to happen all at the same time. At that time his writing became very moralistic and had few humorous pieces in his writings. ... His work was inspired by the unconventional west, and the popularity of his work marked the end of domination of American literature by New England writers. ...
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- Grade Level: High School