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Facts about Mark Twain
Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri, 1835. 75 years later he died in Redding, Conneticut. The day of his birth and death were both days that Halley's Comet came into view. -
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William Howells was born March 1, 1837 in a town that used to be known as Martinsville but is now known as Martins Ferry. He was an only child who later married Elinor Mead and had 3 children of thier own. Their names were Winifred, John, and Mildred born in that order. he later died May 11, 1920 in Manhattan, New York. -
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Henry James was born April 15, 1843 in New York, New York. He had two siblings, a sister named Alice James and a brother named William James. In 1916 he died in London, England. -
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Howells began to help his father with typesetting and printing work at an early age, a job known at the time as a printer's devil. In 1852, his father arranged to have one of Howells' poems published in the Ohio State Journal without telling him. In 1856, Howells was elected as a clerk in the State House of Representatives. In 1858 he began to work at the Ohio State Journal where he wrote poetry, short stories, and also translated pieces from French, Spanish, and German. -
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Charles Chesnutt was born June 20, 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was an only child to Ann Sampson and Andrew Chesnutt. He married his wife Susan in 1878, later died on November 17, 1932. -
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From an early age Henry James read, criticised, and learned from the classics of English, American, French, Italian, German and (in translation) Russian literature. In 1863, he anonymously published his first short story, A Tragedy of Error. -
Facts about the Realist Time Period
Realistic fiction refers to stories that might really happen, stories set in a particular time and that happen to a particular people. The plot of a realistic story focuses on everyday problems, pleasures and personal relationships and the setting seems as real as the world we know. Realistic fiction often allows the reader to identify with characters who are their own age and who have the same interests or problems. -
Facts about Mark Twain
Two other works published by Mark Twain are A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) which was published 4 years after The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County which was published in 1865. -
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"Mark Twain, William Dean Howells and Henry James were influenced by the works of early European Realists, namely Balzac's La Comedie Humaine (begun in the 1830s); Turgenev's Sportsman's Sketches (1852); and Flaubert's Madame Bovary" (1856). -
Facts about Mark Twain
Mark Twain had three children. The oldest child being Susy Clemens who was born in 1872. Clara and Jean came within the next 8 years of Susy's birth. -
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Three of Henry Jame's most noteable works are The American, The Turn of the Screw, and The Portrait of a Lady. -
Facts about Mark Twain
His most noteable publish of the book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" came in the year 1876. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in 1885 and is the sequal to his earlier published work. -
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William Howells was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own Annie Kilburn (1888) and the novel The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885). -
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Charles Chesnutt had his first published piece in the The Atlantic Monthly in August 1887 called The Goophered Grapevine. His first short story was The Conjure Woman, published in 1899. -
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Charle's novels posed a more direct challenge to existing sociopolitical conditions, they were not as popular as his stories, which portrayed antebellum society. Among the era's literary writers, Chesnutt was well respected. For instance, in 1905, Chesnutt was invited to Mark Twain’s 70th birthday party in New York City. Although Chesnutt's stories met with critical acclaim, poor sales of his novels doomed his hopes of a self-supporting literary career. His last novel was published in 1905.