In 'Huckleberry Finn,' A History In Echoes Andrew Levy's searching book adds to, and comments on, the considerable scholarship surrounding an widely read and widely challenged American classic.

Halfway through the writing of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Mark Twain -- who was not a modest man -- confided to friends in an 1876 letter that he liked the story "only tolerably well ...

An Acclaimed New Novel Retells Huck Finn From Jim’s Perspective—or Maybe Something Sneakier Is Going On. Laura Miller. Tue, March 12, 2024 at 5:53 PM UTC. 7 min read.

In a fever dream of a retelling, America's new reigning king of satire has turned a loved classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, upside down, placing Huck's enslaved companion Jim at the center.

Percival Everett’s “James,” his thirty-fourth book, is a retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (1885). Like “American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson’s Oscar ...