“He thought of his own by-now legendary novel, American Disillusionment, that cyclone which, for years, had woven its erratic path across the… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
You will most appreciate 'Freddy and Fredericka' if you are familiar with the story of the Fall, the Good Hermit, 'Tom Jones,'… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
A visionary company is like a great work of art. Think of Michelangelo's scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I lived somewhat of a nomadic life, even when I lived in Ohio. We spent time in rural areas, in suburban areas,… — Haley Bennett Copy Share Image
“Like it! Yes—the way I'd like a hot stove if I was to set on it long enough. No, Tom, I won't… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“And among the prissiest. Gilder’s method of raising public standards of taste and morality required the production of bloodless pages. As custodian… — Mike Wallace Copy Share Image
All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I don't believe in children's books. I think after you've read Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and Huckleberry Finn, you're ready for anything. — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
Noting that Huckleberry Finn was originally both valued and reviled because it shows the reader that the accepted moral code and social… — Robert Vaughan Copy Share Image
I liked Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, and that is the kind of character that I would like to have played. That… — Keith Thibodeaux Copy Share Image
Write about winter in the summer. Describe Norway as Ibsen did, from a desk in Italy; describe Dublin as James Joyce did,… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“Meaning in art isn’t the same as meaning in science. The meaning of the second law of thermodynamics, so long as the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Hillary has her work cut out for her. Her Democratic challengers are a 'Who's Who' of 'who's that?' Jim Webb, Lincoln Chafee,… — Cecily Strong Copy Share Image
“When The Journal of Words compiled its list of the one hundred best novels written in English, do you know that Pride… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
“Mark Twain published Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at age forty-nine using a “trial-and-error method,” scholars note, and “discovered his pliable plot as… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“I told them this novel was an American classic, in many ways the quintessential American novel. There were other contenders: The Adventures… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
It's so wrong when I pick up a new edition of Huckleberry Finn and I look at the last page and it… — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
“My parents placed a high value on reading, starting with the King James Bible, and one whole wall of our living room… — John R. Erickson Copy Share Image
I haven't the stature to critique one of our literature's great novels, Tobias; and I'm not one of those who believe The… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
“There is no room for rosy eyed acceptance of the cultural decay around us. Highly suspect will be any Christian literary and… — Kevin Swanson Copy Share Image
“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that. There was nothing… — Hemingway, Ernest Copy Share Image
“Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard. Huckleberry was cordially hated and… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I think of Baghdad years ago, when I met Professor Al-Rawi for the first time to discuss The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,… — Michael Pitre Copy Share Image
“The Pepto?” I asked. “The Pepto,” he sighed and read the label. “Yes, the Pepto. This, yes. The candies. They’re in here.… — Chase Webster Copy Share Image
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