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Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator
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Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
By Ron Powers, author, Mark Twain: A Life.
A Leading Twain Scholar’s Overview
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Mark Twain: Novelist, Humorist and Citizen of the World
By Shelley Fisher Fishkin, professor of English and director of American Studies, Stanford University.
Read and Listen
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn excerpt
Should Huck help his great friend, the slave Jim, escape to freedom, or do what the culture of the slave-holding South has always taught him — turn in the runaway slave?
Listen to the audio | Read excerpt
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Twain’s Fictional World
Depictions of scenes from Twain publications and related images.
Interactive Poster
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Mark Twain: “The First Truly American Writer”
There are two versions of our Mark Twain poster. This one (PDF, 3MB) can be downloaded and printed, or choose the interactive version (PDF .6MB) to view on on your computer with embedded audio! Just click each book cover to listen to the audio. Both posters include Professor Fishkin’s essay, plus excerpts from Twain’s selected works.
