Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the greatest humorist the United States has produced, with fellow author William Faulkner calling him the father of American literature. Twain's most celebrated works are his novels about American life and adventure. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published in 1876, followed by its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1884. The latter is frequently called the Great American Novel and remains one of his most influential contributions to literature. Beyond these signature works, Twain wrote several other notable novels including A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894). Early in his career, he cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.