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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, one of America¿s greatest and most popular novelists, made his family home in Hartford, Connecticut starting in 1871. Best known by his pen name Mark Twain and for his keen wit and satirical bent, he was the author of ¿Adventures of Huckleberry Finn¿, ¿The Adventures of Tom Sawyer¿ and ¿Roughing It.¿ He published more than 30 books and hundreds of short stories and was a well-known figure in political, literary and artistic circles. For the first few years the Clemenses rented a house in the heart of Nook Farm, a residential area that was home to numerous writers, publishers and other prominent figures. In 1873, Sam's focus turned toward social criticism. He and Har...
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, one of America¿s greatest and most popular novelists, made his family home in Hartford, Connecticut starting in 1871. Best known by his pen name Mark Twain and for his keen wit and satirical bent, he was the author of ¿Adventures of Huckleberry Finn¿, ¿The Adventures of Tom Sawyer¿ and ¿Roughing It.¿ He published more than 30 books and hundreds of short stories and was a well-known figure in political, literary and artistic circles. For the first few years the Clemenses rented a house in the heart of Nook Farm, a residential area that was home to numerous writers, publishers and other prominent figures. In 1873, Sam's focus turned toward social criticism. He and Hartford Courant publisher Charles Dudley Warner co-wrote The Gilded Age, a novel that attacked political corruption, big business and the American obsession with getting rich that seemed to dominate the era. Ironically, a year after its publication, the Clemenses' elaborate, $40,000. 19-room house on Farmington Avenue was completed. It was in that house that Twain and his wife Olivia raised three daughters, Susy, Clara and Jean, over the next 17 years. During those years Twain completed some of his most famous works. He enjoyed great financial success through his work but continuously made bad investments. In 1891, the family moved to Europe to save money and when Twain¿s publishing company failed in 1894, he embarked on a world lecture tour to earn money. Two years later, Twain¿s favorite daughter Susy died of meningitis on a visit home to Hartford. The family could never return to live there. The house was sold in 1903 to a local family. It was saved from demolition in 1927, eventually restored and turned into a museum. The Twain house architecture is difficult to define because of its combination of elements. It has deep porches typical of American Gilded Age homes but it also includes textures and colors that reflect Twain¿s globe trotting, with influences from Africa, the Far East and Europe. The interiors of the house were designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The house grew to include a museum that opened in November 2003.
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Twain Still Produces
Samuel L. Clemens honored Hartford by settling here, writing some of the best books in American literary history here, and enlivening the city with antics and letters to this newspaper. He died just short of a century ago, but his words live on. A...Tags: Ulysses S Grant
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A Look At The Week Ahead
Tuesday 12.2 •Plainville High School students will be released early to give faculty time to work on the school's re-accreditation. Dismissal will be at 12:10 p.m., and lunch will not be served. •A town meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Trips and Vacations, Mark Twain House and Museum, Holiday Vacations
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Twain House gets gift, but still struggling
The Mark Twain House and Museum is getting some financial breathing room, but still struggles to meet its operating costs and repay loans from earlier expansions, officials say. The landmark site recently received $500,000 from the Annenberg Foundation,...Tags: Jodi Rell, State Budgets, Budgets and Budgeting, Mark Twain House and Museum
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John Larson: A Leading Role
After sweeping to re-election in Connecticut's 1st District earlier this month, U.S. Rep. John B. Larson capped that success by being voted chairman of the Democratic caucus — making him the fourth-ranking member of the House. Tuesday, Mr. Larson...Tags: National Government, United Technologies Corporation, Energy, Upper House, Gardens and Parks
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1782: The United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War. 1803: Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France, which had sold it to the United States. 1835: Samuel Langhorne Clemens -...Tags: Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
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ALMANAC
Today is Sunday, Nov. 30, the 335th day of 2008. There are 31 days left in the year. •Today's highlight in history: In 1782, the United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War. •On this...Tags: Mindy McCready, Clay Aiken, Ben Stiller, Rock and Roll, David Mamet
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Tom Jones, Remixed: With Bono's Help, Some Vinyl-Era Soul
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Tom Jones went into Lillie's Bordello looking for a drink and found a new career as a consulting songwriter. It was about four years ago, and the Welsh singer was in Dublin, Ireland, for an award show when he headed over to Lillie's,...Tags: Bono, Music Industry, Tim Burton, Elvis Costello, Popular Music
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Holiday Trees, Tours and Strolls
The Hartford Courant"Nothing Without Charity" is the theme of this year's lantern light tour at Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic. The setting is Christmas Eve, 1876, in the shipbuilding town, which is putting on a production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas...Tags: Hartford Stage, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Mystic Seaport, Shubert Theater
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Holiday Season Debuts With Tours, Sales And Strolls
Wesleyan Potters The Wesleyan Potters Craft School celebrates its 60th year with its 53rd juried show and sale of works by its more than 100 members and more than 200 other artisans, today through Dec. 13 at the Wesleyan Potters studios, 350 S. Main St....Tags: Middletown, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Government, Holidays, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Will the real Tom Jones please stand up?
Tom Jones went into Lillie's Bordello looking for a drink and found a new career as a consulting songwriter. It was about four years ago, and the Welsh singer was in Dublin for an award show when he headed over to Lillie's, the famed Grafton Street club....Tags: Dining and Drinking, Bono, Wyclef Jean, Music Industry, Tim Burton
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Dear Diary: I've Vetted Myself, And Don't Let It Leak
Besides doing what they do, journalists spend a lot of time looking around to see what else they can do, in case ... There aren't a lot of options. One of the few companies hiring these days is Obama Inc., which is actively seeking to fill something...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Punishment
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Stafford Man Accused Of Abuse; Somers Housing Project Dedicated
Police say Stafford man abused foster child in his care. CT Biodiesel withdraws appeal of Suffield's decision. Area towns submit proposals for project funding. News of a Gulf War Syndrome report hits home with Windsor Locks and Union residents. American...Tags: National Government, Death and Dying, Jack Connell, Prudence Crandall, Connecticut Labor Markets
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