Huckleberry Finn

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YUREI DECO: A Tom Sawyer Anime Coming This Summer

Game Rant 27 Jun 2022

... of Huckleberry Finn, and set in a bright futuristic environment.

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Burned and banned: Can the ritual of destroying books kill thoughts or ideas?

Financial Express 25 Jun 2022

“Powerful words cannot be distinguished,” says a remark in the video of veteran author Margaret Atwood, who, in collaboration with Penguin Random House, announced an ‘unburnable’ edition of her most famous work, The Handmaid’s Tale ... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain reinforced racial stereotypes ... .

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Censorship efforts ultimately stifle First Amendment freedoms: Sheldon Firem

Cleveland 24 Jun 2022

CHARDON, Ohio -- John Steinbeck, Harper Lee and Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) are dead ... to 1966 A.D ... Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was an immediate censor’s holiday in 1884 due to its coarse language, rough scenes and for white Huck’s defense of the runaway slave, Jim ... Let Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Jim raft free on the Mississippi.

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‘Heroes of Liberty’ Highlights Key Statesmen, Thinkers

Black Hills Pioneer 23 Jun 2022

Public controversies over the books children read in school are not going away ... Mandel says that Wayne, the only non-academic or politician profiled, was chosen in order “to exemplify manhood and honor in a healthy, yet strong, way that hearkened back to classics like the Hardy Boys series and Mark Twain’s ‘Huckleberry Finn .’” ... ... Another hurdle ... ....

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Children’s Books: 3 Great Reads to Counter Summer Boredom

The Epoch Times 22 Jun 2022

... in these stories (rafting down the Mississippi River like Huckleberry Finn isn’t recommended), each book portrays the possibilities that come with embracing creativity and adventure.

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Education in the long jump pit

The Daily Post-Athenian 21 Jun 2022

When I graduated from high school in 1972, I had a grade point average of 2.7, placing me precisely 237th in a class of 537. Not bad, I thought and still think, especially considering the two most profoundly educational experiences of my school days did not take place in a classroom ... An abridged version of “Huckleberry Finn” was mine ... I read all day.

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‘Is he … you know?’: Literature’s best queer-coded characters

Digital Trends 20 Jun 2022

Timeless novels like The Picture of Dorian Gray and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are famous for their unsubtle and rampant queer references, to the point where they are almost considered LGBTQ+ literature, while characters like Les Miserables‘ Enjolras or The Great ...

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Lee Zimmerman: Letting go

The Maryville Daily Times 19 Jun 2022

The answer I offer is simple ... Sadly I have ... Move forward.” ... Most people know him for “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” but in his lesser known work, “Pudd’nhead Wilson” Twain wrote the words that are well worth remembering in these times when trouble and trepidation seem to retain a grasp on our mass mindset ... ....

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Opinion/Your Turn: Politics is found everywhere - from our gardens to cats

Cape Cod Times 19 Jun 2022

Every darn thing is political. Everything under the sun. In the clouds. On earth. Is political. Is this only in America? That’s hard to know because we live in In God We Trust America, the United States of America where God, trust and states are political ... Your Turn ... It’s hard to believe “Huckleberry Finn” was one of them ... Facebook.

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The Book Pages: What the audiobook boom means to Libro.fm

Redlands Daily Facts 18 Jun 2022

As I got ready to walk the dog the other day, I thumbed the screen of my phone to return to the audiobook I had been listening to…and couldn’t remember where I was supposed to click next ... Or at least inevitable.) ... “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is the first book I remember reading to myself, and I was obsessed with it.

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Six rare works at Mohammed bin Rashid Library, from a 17th-century Quran to 'Don Quixote'

The National 15 Jun 2022

The six-year construction of Dubai's bookstand-shaped Mohammed bin Rashid Library has had many moving parts ... We were determined to get the best titles that we can find.” ... 2 ... Following the adventures of Alonso Quijano, the novel went on to influence Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers (1844) and Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).3.

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapter XXIV | HackerNoon

TheNewsHOOK 13 Jun 2022

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Chapter XXIV . HackerNoon ....

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In new novel 'Mrs. Hudson and the Wild West,' housekeeper of Sherlock Holmes rides again

Kinston Free Press 11 Jun 2022

Sherlock Holmes survived his plunge into the Reichenbach Falls ... Now Barry S ... More ... Mrs ... More ... But it's Mrs ... (Brown writes rather long chapters.) But that case plunges them into a complex murder investigation involving feuding farmers, two pairs of star-crossed lovers and a pair of lovable delinquents who could have wandered in from "Huckleberry Finn .".

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What banned books taught me and can teach you.

The Citizens' Voice 11 Jun 2022

It’s important for you to know — and the book censors to understand — that I read “Huckleberry Finn,” “Brave New World,” “The Grapes of Wrath,” “The Catcher in the Rye,” “A Clockwork Orange,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Lolita,” “The Bluest Eye” not in spite of their controversial status, but because of it ... School boards and teachers are under attack.

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FROM THE PUBLISHER | Giants in the lanes beside me

The Mercury 09 Jun 2022

They’re talking a lot about the Celtics, and the Boston Garden, these days. The Celtics are in the NBA Finals, up 2-1 on the team from the Left Coast. Happens to be the Warriors this time, but, you know, the shadows of Bird and Magic are all over the place ... “Why would you say ‘Huckleberry Finn’ is the quintessential American novel?’ My answer ... Hmm ... .