‚The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‘ follows the story of Huck who escapes society and challenges views of the American 19th century.
The story has many turns and entertains with humour and the naivety of Huck. Despite racist language, the book underlines that a slave is a human being such as Huck is, too. The corruption of society is addressed as well. While reading, the reader must keep the time in mind when the book was written since it contains outdated believes. Therefore, the novel provides an inside into Southern US culture. Using dialect, the text is partly difficult to comprehend.
I would not recommend this book to everyone. If you want to create your own opinion about the racism issue within the text and its reputation as the first American novel, you should give it a try.

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Seacole describes her adventurous life in her autobiography. Her restless moving and selfless caring for others make her a quite unique character. It is interesting to see how she follows her path though it is such a strong contrast to the Victorian ideal of a woman. Furthermore, her being a person of colour makes this read even more special. Nevertheless, keep in mind that the way of writing seems to be a bit odd as it has been written quite some time ago.

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‘Oliver Twist’ is a classic. It is a moving, but hopeful story about a young boy. While the reader follows him, the British Victorian society is shown. I struggled to comprehend the formal and older English language. The text is accompanied by pictures from the original publications. Overall, the story is very entertaining.

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In “In Watermelon Sugar” an unnamed narrator describes life in a community. Most things are made out of watermelon sugar and due to the sun different coloured sugars grow every other day of the week. Themes of love and betrayal, friendship and death.
The language and the very brief chapters enable a quick and fluent read. Nevertheless, it is up to the reader to understand what is meant by the various descriptions of life. This can be very strange, too, because some reasons are never fully explained.
This book leaves you questioning some of society’s actions. You will either love or hate it.

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The novel is about an “invisible man” that talks about the changes he experienced himself during the USA of the 1950s.
The cover matches perfectly the image of the invisible man. From the very beginning, the book proves its precious language. The reader follows the narrator throughout his journey and learns what life is like as a Black person in the American 1950s. The book is a lot about social hierarchy and the motivations of Black and White people. It is extremely sad to see that even 70 years after publishing the problems and inequalities are still there. Hence, the book is highly relevant today, too. My only issue is that the book is very protracted, so that you really need to want to read it. Nevertheless, it is worth it.
Overall, a very beautifully written and important mattered book.

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