As with Stowe, though, his earlier work stands in the cultural mainstream rather than his later reconsideration of slavery and post-Civil War social and political realities.

• 然而，跟史托夫人一样，吐温早期作品写的是却是文化主流题材，不像他后来的作品重新考虑到蓄奴和后内战的社会政治现实。