In the text-area below each group of sentences, combine all of those sentences into one effective sentence containing only one main thought (independent clause).
1.
Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens.
He lived in Hartford for several years.
Mark Twain or Samuel L. Clemens lived in Hartford for several years and is the author of a classic American novel, Huckleberry Fin.
2.
Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant.
It was on Farmington Avenue.
It was in an area called Nook Farm.
He was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Mark Twain’s house on Farmington Avenue in an area called Nook Farm was very elaborate and elegant and he was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the writer of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
3.
Mark Twain's home has a large side porch.
Windows and a balcony overlook the porch.
Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat.
In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi.
Today, people say that the windows and balcony overlooking the large size porch of Mark Twain’s home remind them of a steamboat since he piloted these things on the Mississippi in his youth.
4.
Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone.
The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven.
There was practically no one to talk to.
Mark Twain never really liked this newfangled gadget.
Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone, first used commercially in nearby New Haven, but never really liked this newfangled gadget because there was practically no one to talk to.
5.
Mark Twain loved industrial inventions.
He lost a fortune investing in them.
One of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter.
Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype.
The Linotype machine was much simpler and less expensive.
Mark Twain loved industrial inventions such as the elaborate Paige typesetter, unfortunately developed at the same type as the much simpler and less expensive Linotype, that he lost a fortune investing in them.
6.
Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home.
She died of spinal meningitis.
Twain never felt the same about the house again.
He soon left the house and Hartford.
He returned only once.
He came back for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.
Mark Twain’s beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis in the Hartford home so he never felt the same about the house again, soon left it and Hartford, and returned only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.
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