Mark Twain's Study

Someday mabye. For now I’ll have to be satisfied to read more Mark Twain and go to that place. The place his written legacy can take me.

I went to school at Elmira College where the study is now located and the school is all about Twain, which every freshman learns early on when they have to read his works. The study was basically just something I saw every day and didn’t really appreciate much for what it was, but it is pretty interesting to go into the room where Mark Twain wrote many of his famous novels. Also on campus is a statue of Twain on a pedestal etched with the names of his works, as well as a life-like bornze depiction of him sitting on a bench in the library. For those really interested in Twain, the school also owns the farm where Twain’s wife’s family (the Langdons) lived and where the study was originally located. Down the street from the school is the Elmira Cemetary where you can see the family plot of the Langdon’s as well as Twain’s grave.