Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, is best for his keen social observation and as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The became a landmark in the history of American literature.
The book first in 1885. Although it has been truly popular with young readers and taken as a sequel to the earlier Tom Sawyer, it has also the attention of serious literary critics. Based in the mid-1800s, the novel often with deeply rooted attitudes, racism, of the time.
Immediately after its publication the book became controversial and has remained so up to the present. It has been from the sections for children of several libraries and removed from reading lists and school programs because of its alleged racism. However, its defenders claim that the of the book is anti-racist, referring to its satirical nature.