Books with title York Notes on "Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) by Mark Twain is commonly accounted as one of the first Great American Novels. It was also one of the first major American novels ever written using Local Color Realism or the vernacular, or common speech, being told in the first person by the eponymous Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer (hero of three other Mark Twain books). The book was first published in 1885.

Young Samuel Clemens was the churchgoing son of a respected man, but he loved to spend lazy hours barefoot on the banks of the Mississippi with "outsiders" such as the slave "Uncle Dan'l" and the illiterate, wild Tom Blankenship—friends who would later become the inspiration for Jim and Huck in one of the most important novels in American literature. Who was Sam Clemens? He was a famous humorist, yet was often moody and miserable. He was hugely successful, but he went bankrupt. As he explores the debate surrounding the publication of Huckleberry Finn, (and examines why it remains controversial today), Stewart Ross creates a memorable portrait of a man almost larger than life, who made an indelible impact on America and its literature. It is a portrait as vivid and unforgettable as the man himself. —*Kirkus Reviews for Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre