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1. Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' Re-Released with New Ending 2. Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' Is Going Digital 3. The Enduring Message of Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' 4. How Mark Twain's 'The Prince and the Pauper' Changed the World 5. Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court': A Classic Tale of Time Travel 6. Mark Twain's 'A Tramp Abroad': A Journey Through History 7. Mark Twain's 'The Innocents Abroad': A Critique of Modern Travel 8. Mark Twain's 'Roughing It': A Humorous Look at the American West 9. Celebrating Mark Twain's Legacy on His Birthday 10. The Legacy of Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” – Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, certainly knew how to pen fiction full of possibilities. After all, who has not heard of the Adventures of […]
According to Mark by H. B. O'Neill DETAILS: Publisher: Fahrenheit Press Publication Date: February 2, 2024 Format: eARC Length: 496 pg. Read Date: November 27-30, 2023 But we are all insane, anyway...The suicides seem to be the only sane people. —Mark Twain's Notebook, #40, (Jan. 1897-July 1900) What's According to Mark About? This is tricky
I first read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in tenth grade, with sighs and much boredom. I disliked American literature and anyway as a child had read Twain. I was an Anglophile devoted to Jane Austen, Lynne Reid Banks, John Fowles, Doris Lessing, and D. H. Lawrence. “Oh, God, this is in dialect,” I whispered.…
Everybody should read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which I enjoyed thoroughly on a fourth reading. It is not only a classic, but it is sui generis in American literature. In Twain's smart, witty, suspenseful masterpiece, Huck and Jim, a comic duo on the run, try to escape trauma as they raft down the Mississippi…
Hello, hello! Summer TBR time and I have some books coming up that I am dying to finally pick up. The below is a mix of upcoming ARC's, as well as a few backlist titles I've had my eyes on. My summer, non reading wise is a mix of gig's (Pink and Shania Twain) and…
This is the first in a series of interviews with previous winners of the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature award, for which BookTrib is a proud partner. First presented in 2016, this award honors a work of fiction from the previous calendar year that speaks with an “American Voice” about American experiences. November 1
I'm on an absolute high this week/ month because not only do I have a TBR I'm super excited to get too, but I get to see Shania Twain on Thursday! I grew up listening to her songs, and am so hyped that I actually get to see her live. Reading wise, I've managed to…
As we delve into the timely and contentious issue of book banning, it's fitting to revisit the wisdom of a literary giant who was no stranger to controversy: Mark Twain. The celebrated author of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was a fierce advocate for free speech and intellectual freedom, and his thoughts on censorship remain remarkably