About This Novel
"Asceticism" is the early famous work that established Mark Twain's status as a master of humor. The book narrates the author's prospecting experience in the western United States, and vividly describes the difficult gold mining life. Some of the exaggerated and funny stories fully reflect the author's talent and language style as a master of humor. The author uses a unique perspective and technique to describe the various aspects of American society in the mid-19th century: getting rich and squandering, pursuing and taking risks, ambition and desire, strength and ingenuity, hope, struggle, deception, failure, poverty, disillusionment... In the crowded golden dream, a dazzling comedy scene is presented.
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