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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Start date: November 1, 2016

Finish date: November 30, 2016

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Sep 18, 2018 Dr. Vipin Behari Goyal rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This book was part of syllabus when I did PG in English Literature. I have excellent memories of this book.

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Mar 22, 2016 Leo Walsh rated it it was amazing

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I have read "Huckleberry Finn"over 15 times. I know what's coming and yet it still makes me laugh-out-loud more than any book I have ever read. But what makes the book a classic is not the humor. And definitely not the plot which, in grand 19th century tradition, is filled with coincidence. And to contemporary readers, seeing white-trash Huck throw about the "N" word makes us cringe... though it was just a colloquial for slave back then.

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May 05, 2011 Mike Davis rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I found a Kindle-edition of this classic that was OCR'd from the original, unabridged and (now) uncensored text, which is the only way to respect the author's creative intent, in my opinion. It is a classic American novel that manages to ridicule various segments of society, including slavery, by the use of the juvenile characters Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. It is an easy-enough read outside of the use of spell-enabled dialect which, according to Clemens, was carefully researched. A good story tha ...more

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