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There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. — Mark Twain

Novel · Children's literature · Adventure novel

There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.

Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · 1884
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Topic
EmbellishmentTruth
Genre
Children's literatureAdventure novel
Medium
Novel
Time
1884
Person
Mark Twain
Provenance
Current citation
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, edited by R. Kent Rasmussen. Penguin Classics, 2014, ch. 1.
Original citation
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884, ch. 1.

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