![]() Twain had changed a lot since that first novel.Īs with most things, the truth of these polarised positions is probably somewhere roughly in between. For readers anticipating the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, it is certainly a shock. As Ernest Hemingway wrote of it, ‘All modern literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.’ For many critics and readers, it is the first ‘Great American Novel’ for as many more, it is a relic mired in the vile language of antebellum racism that is best kept out of schools and public libraries, much as the statues of Confederate generals in the southern states are well past their sell-by date. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.’ So begins one of the most influential and controversial novels in the history of American literature. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. ![]() ‘You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer but that ain’t no matter. ![]()
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