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What inspired Mark Twain?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Life and its absurdities inspired Twain. This was fuelled by his acerbic wit and keen observational skills. He also saw and commented on the tenderer aspects of humanity as a counterpoint to the crass aspects he commented on.

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