Comments on: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn http://www.booksplease.org/2008/11/20/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/ Ramblings of a Bookworm Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:06:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paula Weston http://www.booksplease.org/2008/11/20/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-3141 Paula Weston Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:38:29 +0000 http://www.booksplease.org/?p=1622#comment-3141 What a well considered and well-written review. I really enjoyed it. I've always thought I read that book as a child, but I now realise I didn't. Onto the list then... What a well considered and well-written review. I really enjoyed it. I’ve always thought I read that book as a child, but I now realise I didn’t. Onto the list then…

]]> By: litlove http://www.booksplease.org/2008/11/20/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-3117 litlove Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:35:55 +0000 http://www.booksplease.org/?p=1622#comment-3117 Huckleberry Finn was one of the earlier books I read when I began blogging. I remember being struck by its episodic structure and by the descriptions of the land. The relationships between the men were interesting, too. Actually what this comment is making me realise is how much I've forgotten of the novel in a few short years! Oh dear, old age beckons. Lovely review, Margaret. Helped to bring some of it back! Huckleberry Finn was one of the earlier books I read when I began blogging. I remember being struck by its episodic structure and by the descriptions of the land. The relationships between the men were interesting, too. Actually what this comment is making me realise is how much I’ve forgotten of the novel in a few short years! Oh dear, old age beckons. Lovely review, Margaret. Helped to bring some of it back!

]]> By: Lezlie http://www.booksplease.org/2008/11/20/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-3111 Lezlie Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:49:13 +0000 http://www.booksplease.org/?p=1622#comment-3111 I loved the whole "rescuing Jim" part at the end. Jim was an awfully good sport, wasn't he? :-) Lezlie I loved the whole “rescuing Jim” part at the end. Jim was an awfully good sport, wasn’t he? :-)

Lezlie

]]> By: Margaret http://www.booksplease.org/2008/11/20/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-3106 Margaret Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:30:20 +0000 http://www.booksplease.org/?p=1622#comment-3106 Dave - yes, but I hope it won't spoil my own vision of the characters and setting. Nicola, I agree. At first I thought the ending wasn't quite right and I would have preferred it to be shorter but thinking about it afterwards I think it made the point very well - there was no quick ending to slavery. Twain started to write the first 16 chapters in 1876, put it aside and picked it up again and finished it in 1883-4. According to the introduction in my copy he added "chapters that contain realistic and often harsh descriptions of the crime, poverty, violence and lawlessness of the Mississippi River towns of the 1840s and '50s." Dave – yes, but I hope it won’t spoil my own vision of the characters and setting.
Nicola, I agree. At first I thought the ending wasn’t quite right and I would have preferred it to be shorter but thinking about it afterwards I think it made the point very well – there was no quick ending to slavery. Twain started to write the first 16 chapters in 1876, put it aside and picked it up again and finished it in 1883-4. According to the introduction in my copy he added “chapters that contain realistic and often harsh descriptions of the crime, poverty, violence and lawlessness of the Mississippi River towns of the 1840s and ’50s.”

]]> By: Nicola http://www.booksplease.org/2008/11/20/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-3097 Nicola Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:09:13 +0000 http://www.booksplease.org/?p=1622#comment-3097 Oh, I love Huckleberry Finn. You can almost smell the river as you read it! I think the ending is an anti-climax, though, didn't Twain put the book aside for several years before resuming it? Oh, I love Huckleberry Finn. You can almost smell the river as you read it! I think the ending is an anti-climax, though, didn’t Twain put the book aside for several years before resuming it?

]]> By: Dave http://www.booksplease.org/2008/11/20/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/comment-page-1/#comment-3092 Dave Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:06:02 +0000 http://www.booksplease.org/?p=1622#comment-3092 Can we watch the film now you've caught up and read the book? You're so slow ....... Can we watch the film now you’ve caught up and read the book? You’re so slow …….

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