"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" enjoys acclaim as the "Great American Novel," its title character a uniquely beloved figure in our national heritage. Author Mark Twain's riverfront Missouri boy ...

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A Pennsylvania high school has removed Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from its 11th-grade curriculum after complaints from students who said they were made “uncomfortable” by the novel, ...

The English professor who proposed a new edition of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn — without the offensive "n" word — says there's an obsession with the word that makes teachers and students ...