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A GOLD MINE FOR SCHOLARS. Deidre Carmody The New York TimesNow in this extraordinary literary discovery the original first halfof Mark Twains American masterpiece is available for the first time ever to ageneral readership. Lost for more than a century the passages reinstated inthis edition reveal a novel even more controversial than the version Twainpublished in 1885 and provide an invaluable insight into his creative process.The changes that Mark Twain made indicate that he frequently checked hisimpulse to write an even darker more confrontational work than the book hefinally published. Even in its smallest variations the original manuscriptdemonstrates the skill the restraint and the constraints that affected MarkTwains thinking. This edition then not only presents the Huckleberry Finnthat has delighted and provoked readers everywhere for more than a century butalso brings forward the original book behind the book. A breakthrough ofunparalleled impact this comprehensive edition of an American classic is thefinal rebuttal in the tireless debate of what Mark Twain really meant.A masterly restoration . . . I wish this new version of HuckleberryFinn would be distributed to all the nations classrooms as the basic text andlead to a badly needed reconsideration of the questions it raises. JamesA. McPherson Chicago Tribune Thoughtfully respects Twainsintentions. Gary Lee Stronum The Cleveland Plain Dealer Witha foreword and addendum by Victor Doyno «
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