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 ...

Yes, Huck is half black -- a daring invention, to be sure, but also a brilliant embodiment of the liminal spot in which he lives, that chaotic Missouri boundary between freedom and slavery.

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.

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.

Fictional icon Huckleberry Finn was inspired by Mark Twain's real-life boyhood pal in Hannibal, Missouri, Tom Blankenship — who was described as a "kindly young heathen." ...

There is more irony in D.J. Tice's column ("At least keep these two books as part of your personal curriculum," Feb. 18) than the famous passage he quotes from "Huck Finn" or than Boo Radley being ...