Mark Twain

A fine psychologist, cheerful prankster and gloomy philosopher, the most significant representative of the American critical realism, the writer of world importance, who made a great contribution to the literature of his country.

The anniversary exhibition "The pilot from the Mississippi" offers about 100 publications, including the collected writings, collections of works, novels, novellas, short stories, plays, essays, pamphlets, articles, feuilletons, speeches, literature about his life and work.

Famous novels of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" are presented at the exhibition by editions of different years, including editions in the original language. The writer's first novel "The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims’ Progress" (2012); novels "Joan of Arc" (2007), "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1994); novel "The Prince and the Pauper" in Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian; collections of short stories, "Daddy Loves Cats" (2014), "Pretty Damn Rare ..." (2003), "The Million Pound Note" (1992), "Stories" (1993), "Humorous Stories" (1955) "Stories and pamphlets" (1951), etc.; books with Twain's quotes, many of which are published for the first time – "Aphorisms and quotations" (2013), "Aphorisms and jokes" (2000); notebooks of the author "Notebooks" (2000); essays "Travel light. An Honest Story about Myself, People and Adventures" (2014); publications with satirical works "Deal with the Devil" (1986), "American Bidder: Novel. Stories and Essays. Literature" (1984) can be found among the exhibited books.

The publications that tell about the work and the world outlook of American classicist are of great interest. M. Chertanov in his book "Mark Twain" (2012) writes about the amazing episodes of Twain’s biography. Twain is presented not only as a writer but also as an inventor of braces, pins, calendars, cots; a man who became a millionaire twice and went broke; a favorite of kings and revolutionaries, atheists and priests.

The study of M. Mendelssohn "The Realism of Mark Twain" (2005), completed shortly before the death of the author and never published before, dedicated to the works of the founder of American literature is quite interesting.

The writer is presented as a vivid embodiment of national character and national mindset in the book by P. Balditsin "Creativity of Mark Twain and the National Character of the American Literature" (2004).

The exhibition will be interesting for a wide audience.

The exhibition is located on the 3rd floor of the circular hall from 1 October to 31 December.

Phone: (+375 17) 293 29 80.