Yes, Twain is successful at rendering the Southern dialect. The beauty of Twain's use in dialogue is that he uses just enough to make his writing authentic, but not so much as to confuse the reader. Other novels by authors dealing with the South or other geographic regions sometimes over-utilize the device of dialect, thereby alienating readers at large.
Twain, however, masterfully crafts the language in such a way that the dialect is a positive supplement rather than a detractor. Stories like Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer would feel empty and lifeless without the use of appropriate dialect.
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