Mark Twain's poetic death.

[Anonymous No.4023218]

Mark Twain was born when Halley's comet traveled passed Earth, and he died 76 years later when Halley's comet returned. Do you not think this beautiful? Mark Twain himself did, he said if he didn't die when the comet returned, it would be the greatest disappointment of his life.

[Anonymous No.4023226]

Yeah, real poetic.

[Anonymous No.4023227]

So this Mark Twain fella

Is he worth reading?

[Anonymous No.4023233]

>>4023227
Yes. Mark Twain is better than Charles Dickens any day.

[Anonymous No.4023241]

>>4023233
Not really getting the comparison. How are they similar?

[Anonymous No.4023253]

>>4023241
Both are realists. Both are social novelists and started out as journalists. Both overlaps in their time.

The difference being that I enjoyed a lot of Twain's works. They're packed with adventure and humor I can get with, which I can't get much from Dickens. But that's just me.

[Anonymous No.4023259]

>>4023253
I see

What do you think of The Mysterious Stranger, btw?

[Anonymous No.4023268]

>>4023259
I have to be honest I haven't read that one.

[Anonymous No.4023472]

Wasn't Twain extremely superstitious?

I liked Huck Finn.

[Anonymous No.4023769]

>>4023472
as are all true intellectuals

[Anonymous No.4023776]

>>4023769

[Anonymous No.4023791]

people have a surprising amount of will in these things

if an old man is convinced that it's his time to go then he'll probably pass soon

and people say that you can die of a broken heart.

[Anonymous No.4023809]

what are his best books? I read only tom sawyer and huck finn