The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Subjects
Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character) - Fiction.; Mississippi River - Fiction.; Adventure stories.
Audience
Juvenile; Adult; General
Summary
Mark Twains̕ tale of a boys̕ picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents - of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Hucks̕ struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten his deep and enduring friendship with Jim.This edition uses the text from the first edition of 1884 and includes a new chronology and list of further reading by Richard Maxwell.
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5725082

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