马克·吐温的原名是塞缪尔·朗赫恩·克莱门斯,而马克·吐温这个笔名在英语中是水手的术语,指的是水深达到了轮船可以安全航行的十二英尺,是一个颇为风趣的名字。马克·吐温在写作前的社会经历十分丰富,除了与笔名息息相关的港口工作和职务外,马克·吐温还在印刷厂、报业媒体等许多地方打过杂工,这些丰富的社会经历让马克·吐温深刻了解到了社会中不被人们注意的墙角和当时资本社会大肆发展中的黑暗角落。马克·吐温转而用幽默的笔法把这些 Mark Twain, formerly known as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and Mark Twain, whose pen name is a sailor’s terminology in English, refers to a water depth of twelve feet that a ship can sail safely, Is a rather funny name. Mark Twain’s social experience before writing is very rich, in addition to pen name and port work and job interests, Mark Twain also in printing, newspapers and other places in the media had played odd jobs, these rich social experience so Mark Twain was profoundly aware of the unnoticed corners of society and the dark corners of the capitalist society that were undergoing major developments. Mark Twain turned to them in a humorous way