Dear list members, I am a student of English Literature at Universtitat Rovira i Virgili (www.urv.es ), Tarragona, Spain. I am currently developing an MA thesis on the reception of Huckleberry Finn, with an especial focus on the periods 1885-1900 and 1960-1990s. I consider the issue of interracial friendship as one of the reasons to praise or to attack the book. This is clearly evident in the contemporary debate about Twain's masterpiece, but it does not seem to be an important issue for the 19th-century reviewers of the book. Nowadays people question interracial friendship for being too weak. However, the 19th-century audience may have criticised interracial friendship as scandalous and inappropriate. Is there any 19th-century document dealing with this issue ? Thanks a lot, Ferran Romeu ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com