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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain

Published: 2019-03-01
Paperback : 224 pages
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular ...
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective). It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about twenty years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism.

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by Nancy S. (see profile) 01/27/16

 
  "This book is Very fine"by . (see profile) 10/05/15

This book is Very fine

 
  "adventure, friednship, and adventure - worthy social discussions"by Pam S. (see profile) 05/29/08

In rereading Huck Finn as an adult I took so much more away from it than as a high school student. Of course, there are the social issues where most want to focus, but I looked at if from the adventure.... (read more)

 
  "Adventures of a boy mostly on a raft down the Mississippi River; his perceptions of life and how he trys to deal with life."by Linda H. (see profile) 05/28/08

It opens your eyes to how people lived in the times of slavery. The local dialect used for much of it was sometimes difficult to understand; had to reread sentences.

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