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Susy Clemens was the inspiration for the character of Joan of Arc in her father's novel Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. Born in Elmira, New York, Clemens was largely raised in Hartford, Connecticut, but went abroad with her family to England in 1873 and again in 1878–79.
Olivia Susan Clemens. Olivia Susan Clemens‚ called “Susy” by her family‚ was the second child and the oldest of three daughters. Born March 19‚ 1872‚ Susy was a baby when Langdon died‚ and after his death both parents doted on Susy.
Olivia Susan Clemens (called “Susy” by her family) was born in Elmira, New York, on March 19, 1872. She was the second child born to Samuel and Olivia (“Livy”) Langdon Clemens. Her brother, Langdon, who was born a year and a half earlier, was from the beginning a sickly child and died in June of 1872 when he was only 19 months old.
Clemens, Olivia Susan (Susy) (1872–1896) Short Biography. Susy Clemens was SLC’s second child and eldest daughter. Her early education was conducted largely at home by her mother and, for several years starting in 1880, by a governess. Her talents for writing, dramatics, and music were soon apparent.
When she died from meningitis at the age of 24, Clemens was devastated. He lost much of his inspiration. Critics seem to agree that Susy's death marks the end of his most sucessfull period of work - "DeVoto attributes the difficulties Clemens had in his fiction, beginning in 1890, to a "series of catastrophes," with Susy's demise taking ...
Olivia Susan Clemens was the second child and eldest daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain, and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens. She inspired some of her father's works, at 13 wrote her own biography of him, which he later published in his autobiography, and acted as a literary critic. Her father was heartbroken when she died of spinal meningitis at age 24.
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Timeline of Mark Twain's Life. Samuel L. Clemens, the future Mark Twain, was born when Halley’s comet was in the skies. He died during the comet’s return 74 years later. In between, Clemens traveled the world and had many experiences as he passed from typesetter to river pilot, prospector, newspaper reporter, lecturer, author, publisher ...
