Twain admirers have turned his hefty “Autobiography of Mark Twain,” published last year, into a best seller. After reading Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, I realized that I had absolutely nothing to say about it.And yet here, as you see, I have elected to say it anyway, and at great length. The news set off a storm of angry online commentary, scolding the publisher for “censorship” and “political correctness,” or simply for the perceived sin of altering the words of a literary icon. “If our publication fosters good discussion about how language affects learning and certainly the nature of censorship, then difficult as it is likely to be, it’s a good thing.” Since the publisher discussed plans for the book this week with Publishers Weekly, it has been “assaulted” with negative e-mails and phone calls, said Suzanne La Rosa, the co-founder and publisher of NewSouth Books. I just had the idea to get us away from obsessing about this one word, and just let the stories stand alone.” (The book also substitutes “Indian” for “injun.”) “The sharp social critiques are in there. “I’m by no means sanitizing Mark Twain,” Mr. A first edition of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Credit.
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