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| 'Stormfield,' Twain's home is where he lived until his death in 1910 The house sits on 28 acres adjoining a 161-acre land trust. The 6,300-square-foot home is built in the Tuscan villa style, |
HARTFORD, CT -- Samuel Langhorne Clemens was fascinated by thoughts of adventure as a boy, dreams that he later wrote about when he took on the pen name Mark Twain, which translated, was steamboat slang for 12 feet of water.
Later in his life, he moved to Connecticut to
be closer to his publisher, and he eventually purchased a stunning estate
outside of Redding that he called Stormfield - named after his last published
story during his life, Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.
He was only able to live there for two
years before he died in 1910. It is now on the market, listed at $4.2
million.
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| Mark Twain |
Twain was a prolific
writer who produced a variety of literary works, magazine and newspaper
articles, poetry, short stories and novels.
Many say his most notable are The Gilded
Age, written in 1873, and, of
course, The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written
in 1876.
Twain was an avid traveler who visited a good
portion of the world and wrote about the countries he visited, which he both
praised and criticized, according to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com.
His
experiences broadened his critical thinking on many subjects, including
religion, resulting in his strong opinions on many subjects.
At age 72, Clemens purchased
Stormfield, where he lived until his death. Sited on 28 acres adjoining a 161-acre land trust, the 6,300-square-foot home is built in the
Tuscan villa style, which Clemens fell in love with during his Mediterranean travels.
A
large house, it has four bedrooms and six baths, Clemens especially admired the
beauty of the rural countryside surrounding it.
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| William Faulkner |
There are four bedrooms and six baths, three fireplaces, large formal rooms and a big eat-in kitchen with adjoining family room.
The living room has the extra bonus of
hand-painted, wood-beamed ceiling and fireplace with a library alcove.
Floors are hardwood and marble.
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| Laura Freed Ancona |
The house has a detached pool-carriage house with a heated pool, and there is a three-car garage with a caretaker cottage above that has two bedrooms, bath, living room, kitchen and deck. There are multiple terraces around the main house for outdoor dining.
Although people usually associate
Twain, who William Faulkner referred to as "the father of American
literature" with Missouri and the Mississippi River, he lived in many
places including San Francisco, Nevada, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and New York.
He
lived most of his adult life in Connecticut, including Stormfield and his home
in Hartford, which is now the Mark Twain House & Museum and is open to the
public.
The listing agent is Laura Freed Ancona
of William Pitt Sotheby’s International, Ridgefield Brokerage, Ridgefield,
Connecticut.
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