NP: Twain, Part One

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In a message dated 1/15/02 8:55:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, mwaia at yahoo.com 
writes:


> Howdy
> 
> Weren't you paying attention? He got rich and famous long before he
> wrote Huck Finn, which didn't sell as well as his previous books.  
> 
> What is it about "an art like that" that makes you sad, exactly?
> 
> Mark
> 

Huck Finn is Twain's best book, one of the best American novels, no?
Jim makes me sad. Not the character, but all the Jims the character is
based on- sad that many of us didn't see Jim until Twain wrote the book
and made him visible- sort of. The art is good but not good enough. 

It is interesting that Twain finished it after his reputation was firmly 
established.

Twain reminded me of white rock 'n rollers who got rich and famous playing
and singing somebody else's music.

You know they should be glad.
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