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Mark Twain in German-Language Newspapers and Periodicals

[Impoverished MT living in London] | 28 Jan. 1897

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.), 28 Jan. 1897. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045081/1897-01-28/ed-1/seq-2/>

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Es ist traurig, aber wahr, daß Hr. Samuel Clemens, der ausgezeichnete, ja, der größte Humorist Amerika's, der in der ganzen Welt unter seinem Schriftstellernamen „Mark Twain“ bekannt ist, gegenwärtig so arm, wie eine Kirchenmaus ist. Der Bankerott seiner Verleger Webster & Co. hat ihn ruinirt. Er fristet sein Leben in London in der armseligsten Weise von der Welt. Das ist um so schlimmer, da er bereits sechszig [sic] Jahre alt ist. Hoffentlich reißt ihn sein neues Werk „Eine Reise um die Welt,“ woran er Tag und Nacht arbeitet, wieder heraus.	It is sad, but true, that Mr. Samuel Clemens, the excellent, indeed, the greatest humorist in America, known throughout the world by his pen-name of “Mark Twain,” is at present as poor as a church mouse. The bankruptcy of his publishers Webster & Co. has ruined him. He is living his life in London in the most miserable way in the world. This is all the worse as he is already sixty years old. Hopefully his new work “A Journey Around the World”, which he is working on day and night, will get him out of this situation again.

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Es ist traurig, aber wahr, daß Hr. Samuel Clemens, der ausgezeichnete, ja, der größte Humorist Amerika's, der in der ganzen Welt unter seinem Schriftstellernamen „Mark Twain“ bekannt ist, gegenwärtig so arm, wie eine Kirchenmaus ist. Der Bankerott seiner Verleger Webster & Co. hat ihn ruinirt. Er fristet sein Leben in London in der armseligsten Weise von der Welt. Das ist um so schlimmer, da er bereits sechszig [sic] Jahre alt ist. Hoffentlich reißt ihn sein neues Werk „Eine Reise um die Welt,“ woran er Tag und Nacht arbeitet, wieder heraus.

It is sad, but true, that Mr. Samuel Clemens, the excellent, indeed, the greatest humorist in America, known throughout the world by his pen-name of “Mark Twain,” is at present as poor as a church mouse. The bankruptcy of his publishers Webster & Co. has ruined him. He is living his life in London in the most miserable way in the world. This is all the worse as he is already sixty years old. Hopefully his new work “A Journey Around the World”, which he is working on day and night, will get him out of this situation again.