This paper explains that "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" became even more famous than Twain's earlier novel, "The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer" (1876), and enshrined him as one of America's preeminent writers; but, at the same time, it was the object of huge
controversy because of its treatment of the slavery issue and his expression of rage over the injustices of his time. The author points out that the "Illustrated London News" (February 14, 1891), in its article, "The Art of Mark Twain" (Lang 1891), found in the novel everything that a reader wanted. It had the vividness and originality of life, the natural display of character in action, and all the excitement of adventure, plausible or not. The paper relates that present-day readers and critics see "Huckleberry Finn" not only as a
historical novel and document, which explores the racial and moral world of his time by presenting controversies surrounding that world, but also as a living record of the very same issues and dissensions, which continue to the present.