![]() ![]() ![]() Subsequently, the book more than once had problems due to allegedly racist statements. In the mid-20th century, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People discovered racist parties in the novel and demanded that “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” be removed from New York High Schools. Twain reacted with irony, writing to his publisher that, thanks to the decision of the library, “another 25 thousand copies of the book” could be sold. In 1885, the Concord Public Library (Massachusetts) called the novel “garbage suitable only for slums” and forbade it. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was first published in 1884 in the United Kingdom. Twain worked on the work for about ten years. ![]() “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a novel by American writer Mark Twain, the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, published in 1876. ![]()
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