"Huckleberry Finn" ( Mark Twain )

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"In his Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain makes the most extensive possible use of dialect. Every word of the novel is narrated by Huck himself and every character he meets on his travels speaks in some type of regional accent, which Huck reproduces to the best of his ability.

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"In his Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain makes the most extensive possible use of dialect. Every word of the novel is narrated by Huck himself and every character he meets on his travels speaks in some type of regional accent, which Huck reproduces to the best of his ability. Twain employed dialects in the novel for several purposes but his three principal aims were to create a sense of authenticity, to develop a comedy of language, and to demonstrate the power of a natural spirit like Huck's to mature emotionally and to develop great artistic gifts as a narrator outside the confines of conditions society usually regards as essential to such growth.

Twain establishes the tone of the book in his two preliminary notes from the author. The first humorously warns the reader against any attempt to locate motive, moral, or plot ..."

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