The doodle depicts the famous fence whitewashing scene from Twain’s classic 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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More than a century ago, Mark Twain’s short story Eve’s Diary was banned from a Massachusetts library due to nude illustrations of biblical Eve. But nowadays, with books like Twilight and Crank being constantly challenged for censorship, the artistic representations of Eve don’t seem so tasteless after all.
“I think ‘hipster’ is still okay to use in 2011, but I have heard some people are offended by the ‘H-word.’” – RICHARD GRAYSON, satirical author, on his decision to replace the “N” word with “hipster” in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in response to a Twain scholar’s serious decision to replace it [...]
For many, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was an elementary-school staple. But due to pressure from parents and educators, the version kids today may read could be significantly cleaned up.
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More than 100 years after the famed American author’s death, Mark Twain’s autobiography can finally hit bookstands.
