Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Annotated) Mark Twain

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. With this measure, Huckleberry Finn - published in London 100 years ago during the first week of December 1884 and two months later in the United States - is barely saved. The Springfield Republican did not judge it worse than "a very well-intentioned vulgar detail... Mr. Clemens does not have a reliable sense of ownership," and the public library in Concord, Mass., Had enough confidence to censor it: "the very same garbage". The Boston Transcript reported that "other members of the Library Council say that the work is characterized by being uneven, dry and inelegant, and they believe that the book is more suitable for neighborhoods than for intelligent, respectable people."However, the novel was not considered entirely unpleasant. There was no great critical praise but the reviews, for the most part, were friendly. A good story said consensus.