Posted on April 13, 2014 at 12:00 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

Mark Twain 129, Jane Austen 122.

It certainly wasn't the easiest path to literary glory for Mark Twain, our first Book Brawl champion.

Twain, a No. 10 seed, beat JRR Tolkien, Ernest Hemingway, Patricia Cornwell, William Shakespeare, Dr. Seuss and Jane Austen to prevail.

To those who doubted him, thought he could never pull it off, Twain replied:

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

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<p>I never doubted for a minute he would be the winner!</p>
Onisha Ellis | 5/24/18 at 2:31 AM
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