1.
Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens.
He lived in Hartford for several years.
---------Mark Twain, whose real name is Samuel L. Clemens is the author of the classic American novel 'Huckleberry Finn' and lived in Hartford for several years.
2.
Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant.
It was on Farmington Avenue.
It was in an area called Nook Farm.
He was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
-------------Mark Twain's house, located on an area called Nook Farm on Farmington Avenue, is not only very elaborate and elegant but he also have Harriet Beecher Stowe-the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin- as his neighbor.
3.
Mark Twain's home has a large side porch.
Windows and a balcony overlook the porch.
Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat.
In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi.
-----------Mark Twain's home has windows and a balcony overlooking the large side porch which would remind people today of a steamboat in which Twain had tried piloting during his youth on the Mississippi.
4.
Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone.
The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven.
There was practically no one to talk to.
Mark Twain never really liked this newfangled gadget.
---------The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven and Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own one of it but he never really liked this newfangled gadget for the fact that there is really no one to talk to.
5.
Mark Twain loved industrial inventions.
He lost a fortune investing in them.
One of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter.
Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype.
The Linotype machine was much simpler and less expensive.
--------Mark Twain loved industrial inventions and one of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter ,but unfortunately, he lost a fortune investing in this item because this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype, which is a machine too and not only is it much simpler but also less expensive.
6.
Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home.
She died of spinal meningitis.
Twain never felt the same about the house again.
He soon left the house and Hartford.
He returned only once.
He came back for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.
--------When Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis, he never felt the same about their house again and soon left it and Hartford and he returned only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.
