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Scholar reissues revised Huckleberry Finn minus the N-word
By: Bill O'ReillyJanuary 5, 2011
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Reuters: A U.S. scholar's decision to publish a new edition of Mark Twain's novel Huckleberry Finn -- with the "N-word" excised in a bid to make it more accessible to readers -- has drawn howls of protest. Twain scholar Alan Gribben said he decided to reissue the 19th century classic "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" replacing the slur with the word "slaves" in all 219 places it occurs in the text because the original offended many readers.
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