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Mark Twain's Influence On Olivia Clemens
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Mark Twain is one of the world's greatest authors. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain. He was an American author and humorist. He always wore white suits because he loved the attention. A main focus of Mark Twain is how Olivia and Sam met, about Olivia and Twain, Olivia and Twain's son, Olivia and Twain's children, death of Mark Twain, and death of Olivia Clemens.
The First well known of Mark Twain is How Olivia and Mark Twain met. Mark Twain found out about Olivia “Livy” langdon through her brother Charles. Charles was friends with Twain and showed him a picture of Olivia and instantly Twain fell in love (Lombardi). Olivia Langdon met Samuel Clemens in December 1867 through a dinner (lombardi). The
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Olivia Langdon Clemens died June 5, 1904 in Florence, Italy (Floyd). Her body was cremated and her ashes are buried in Woodland Cemetery in Elmira, New York (Floyd). Olivia Langdon Clemens died of heart failure (Floyd). She has been sick again after giving birth to Langdon Clemens (Floyd). She had chest pain and difficulty breathing (Floyd). She was born wealthy, abolitionist family in Elmira, New York, she was considered to be frail in health, she was one of the founders of the Hartford Art School (Floyd). She was described as firm yet gentle, caring, and loving (Floyd). Jean and Clara were heartbroken when their mom Olivia Clemens died (Floyd). Olivia's family was hurt also. Jane Lampton Clemens (mother of Olivia) was heartbroken (Floyd). She had already lost her husband to cancer and now she had lost her own daughter to heart failure (Floyd). Olivia's other was never the same again. Mark Twain was devastated, heartbroken, lonely, and widowed after the death of his wife Olivia (Floyd). He has experienced a lot of death throughout his life and it was hard for him to handle it all (FLoyd). He wrote letters conveying his grief and sadness (Floyd). He was left with just his two daughters, Clara and Jean since Susy, Langdon, and Olivia had died …show more content…

Mark Twain died April 21, 1910, in Redding, Connecticut (Carnegie). He died as a widow and had one remaining child alive, Clara (Carnegie). She helped take care of him (Carnegie). He died of age 74 (Carnegie). Mark Twain died of a heart attack (Carnegie). One day after the Halley's Comet's closest approach to earth (Carnegie). Mark Twain's daughter Clara was heartbroken. Her and her husband took over his place when he died and went through all the stuff he left behind for everyone (Carnegie). She had helped him with his business a lot (Carnegie). She gave birth to her daughter Nina which Twain never got to see her before birth (Carnegie). Mark Twain changed his names a lot. He had experienced a lot of death in his life (Carnegie). He was kind, loving, hard headed, but always had humor and told jokes/ stories (Carnegie). Olivia did most of the stuff around the house, but they both didn't mind that (Carnegie). He cared a lot for his family. Mark Twain's books were known as “The Great American Novels” (Carnegie). He was the best author alive and people loved him and his books (Carnegie). He always wore an all white suit because he loved the attention (Carnegie). People still worship Mark Twain as a person, author/ humorist, and for his books (Carnegie). He is still known as one of the world's greatest authors

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