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Downtown Huntsville Library
We The Readers - ONLINE
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
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Celebrate the 250th anniversary of The Declaration of Independence this year with a search for The Great American Novel. This is a virtual meeting using GoToMeeting.
This month we are reading Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, published 1885.
Referring to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, H. L. Mencken noted that his discovery of this classic American novel was "the most stupendous event of my whole life"; Ernest Hemingway declared that "all modern American literature stems from this one book," while T. S. Eliot called Huck "one of the permanent symbolic figures of fiction, not unworthy to take a place with Ulysses, Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Hamlet."
The novel's preeminence derives from its wonderfully imaginative re-creation of boyhood adventures along the Mississippi River, its inspired characterization, the author's remarkable ear for dialogue, and the book's understated development of serious underlying themes: "natural" man versus "civilized" society, the evils of slavery, the innate value and dignity of human beings, and other topics. Most of all, Huckleberry Finn is a wonderful story, filled with high adventure and unforgettable characters.
In Person- First Tuesday of the month at 1:00 p.m. at the Downtown Huntsville Public Library in the 2nd Floor Workforce Classroom
Virtual- Fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. online at GoToMeeting.
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We The Readers - ONLINE
This is a virtual program. Join us to search for the Great American Novel. This Month is Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
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