![]() ![]() November 6 – Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston (1937).October 30 – My Antonia by Willa Cather (1918).October 23 - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884).October 16 - The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1881).October 9 - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass (1845).October 2 – History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark (1814).September 25 - The Federalist by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay (1788).September 18 - Common Sense by Thomas Paine (1776). ![]() The series which C-SPAN will air LIVE on Mondays, starting September 18 at 9 p.m. The book was criticized upon release because of its coarse language, and became even more controversial in the 20th century because of its perceived use of racial stereotypes and because of its frequent use of the "N" racial slur.The 10-part series – a joint original feature production for fall 2023 from C-SPAN and the Library of Congress - will trace America's history by exploring masterpieces in literature that have had, and still have today, a major impact on society. It has also been the continued object of study by serious literary critics. The book has been popular with young readers since its publication and is taken as a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The drifting journey of Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River on their raft may be one of the most enduring images of escape and freedom in all of American literature. By satirizing a Southern antebellum society that was already anachronistic at the time, the book is an often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels. It is commonly regarded as one of the Great American Novels, and is one of the first major American novels written in the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism. Download cover art Download CD case insert Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 4)Īdventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade), often shortened to Huck Finn, is a novel written by Mark Twain and published in 1884. ![]()
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