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Happy 123 Huck!!!!

Postby mitsuki lover » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:20 pm

The novel that even Ernest Hemingway acknowledged as the greatest novel ever written in America turns 123 today.Huckleberry Finn was originally published on Feb.18,1885.Since that date generations have come to read and
love the story of Huck Finn,Jim the runaway slave of Aunt Polly and their trip down the Mississippi.
Along the way it has also become controversial and even challenged.
But what makes it one of the best and greatest books of all times remains.
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Postby LadyRushia » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:03 pm

mitsukilover wrote:Since that date generations have come to read and
love the story of Huck Finn

Well, generations have come to read it because most schools require it; and based on the equation of "book+required for school=fail," it's probably safe to say that most don't love the story. I thought it was okay, but I read it quickly. Still, I guess it's cool that the book is 123-years-old, but isn't 125 a more celebrated number?
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Postby mitsuki lover » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:23 pm

Well any way you slice it is still THE classic American novel.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:24 pm

Don't bother Mitsuki Lover with the details.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:48 pm

Huck Finn was piece of crap. The Great Gatsby, Equus, The Glass Menagerie, Death of a Salesman, Catcher in the Rye, or The Crucible. Those books were some of the better American Classics. Huck Finn was just lame and retarded.

And I enjoyed Hemmingway's writings over Twain's/Clement's.
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Postby rocklobster » Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:43 pm

Mr. SmartyPants (post: 1200971) wrote:Huck Finn was piece of crap. The Great Gatsby, Equus, The Glass Menagerie, Death of a Salesman, Catcher in the Rye, or The Crucible. Those books were some of the better American Classics. Huck Finn was just lame and retarded.

And I enjoyed Hemmingway's writings over Twain's/Clement's.


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Postby bakura_fan » Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:00 pm

I havn't read it yet....All I know about is Tom Sawyer. Most of the classics I know about were from watching wishbone (I miss wishbone).
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Postby Fish and Chips » Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:20 pm

I've never read Tom Sawyer, but I hated his character in Huck Finn.
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Postby Maledicte » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:02 am

I prefered Tom Sawyer to Huckleberry Finn. Like Bakura_fan, I'm more familiar with the Wishbone versions. And the Tom and Huck movie owns all.
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