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Olivia Langdon Clemens (November 27, 1845 – June 5, 1904) was the wife of the American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known under his pen name Mark Twain.
Olivia Langdon Clemens was born Olivia Louise Langdon on Nov. 27, 1845, in Elmira, N.Y., the daughter of Jervis and Olivia Langdon. She had a younger brother, Charles, and an adopted older sister, Susan. Olivia was called “Livy” by her friends and family, and by her husband, Samuel L. Clemens, whom she married on Feb. 2, 1870.
Oct 25, 2023 · Learn about Olivia Langdon Clemens, Mark Twain's wife and a prominent figure in his life and writings. Explore her birth, childhood, education, reading habits, and relationship with Mark Twain through images and sources.
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Langdon Clemens. Langdon Clemens was the first-born child – and the only son – born to Sam and Olivia Clemens. He was born prematurely on Nov. 7‚ 1870‚ and continued to be weak and sickly throughout his short life. He died of diphtheria on June 2‚ 1872‚ at the age of only 19 months.
Mark Twain expresses his joy and gratitude for winning the hand of Olivia Langdon, the daughter of a wealthy and respectable family, in this letter to his friend Joseph Twichell. He praises her wisdom, dignity and lack of romance, and reveals his plans to stop drinking and cursing.
Feb 13, 2018 · The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of one of the great courtships in American history, the wooing of an unenthusiastic 22-year-old Olivia Langdon by a completely smitten 32-year-old Samuel...
Livy was the wife of Mark Twain, a literary and intellectual partner and editor. She was born in Elmira, New York, in 1845, and died in Italy in 1904.
