Twain taught me that although the act of writing is solitary, the context that sustains it is social.
Mark Twain, Writing Coach and Role Model|Ben Tarnoff|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Twain found a way forward by making friends with other young writers.
Mark Twain, Writing Coach and Role Model|Ben Tarnoff|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1861, the year Twain went to Nevada, it had more than five thousand.
Mark Twain, Writing Coach and Role Model|Ben Tarnoff|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I also love Shakespeare, without claiming to be particularly knowledgeable, and Twain and all the rest.
Poet of the Ozarks: Daniel Woodrell on His New Book and Life|Allen Barra|July 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
By horseback and hoof, Twain takes us from the Mormon Theocracy of Utah to the wide-open craziness in the Sierra mining fields.
Book Bag: Timothy Egan’s Five Favorite Travel Books|Timothy Egan|October 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The cheerful one of the twain lit a cigarette; and in the process received the glad eye from a passing siren of striking aspect.
Men, Women and Guns|H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
When the nation was rent in twain, Lincoln, the propitiator, counselled conciliation.
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence|Various
Dost remember the mace which belonged to thy brother, and how I cut its handle in twain?
Wulnoth the Wanderer|Herbert Escott-Inman
Dame Ute and her daughter, / thither passed the twain With train of fair attendants / unto a hall full wide.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
But for us twain and for these dead ones shall the end of ends be Life, or shall it be Death?
She|H. Rider Haggard
British Dictionary definitions for twain (1 of 2)
twain
/ (tweɪn) /
determiner, noun
an archaic word for two
Word Origin for twain
Old English twēgen; related to Old Saxon twēne, Old High German zwēne, Old Norse tveir, Gothic twai
British Dictionary definitions for twain (2 of 2)
Twain
/ (tweɪn) /
noun
Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens . 1835–1910, US novelist and humorist, famous for his classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)
Shania (ʃəˈnaɪə), real name Eilleen Regina Edwards. born 1965, Canadian country-rock singer; her bestselling recordings include The Woman In Me (1995) Come On Over (1997), and UP! (2002)