Mark Twain - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Sep 19th, 2007 by Bauman
“A book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers defeat.” - Mark Twain
Critics blasted Twain’s dark, brilliant Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the moment it was published, attacking the book for its “coarseness” and “blood-curdling humor.” Nonetheless, it emerged as arguably the defining novel of American literature, prompting Hemingway to declare: “All modern writing comes from one book by Mark Twain. It’s the best book we’ve had. There was nothing before. There has been nothing since.”
The first edition of Huck, published in 1885, was a labor of love and frustration that took Twain eight years, and he was devastated that its publication failed to elicit the same enthusiasm as his beloved Tom Sawyer. Browse our site for inventory.
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