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Huckleberry " Huck " Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).
Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist over 20 years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism and freedom.
Jun 25, 2024 · Together with Twain’s novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn changed the course of children’s literature in the United States as well as of American literature generally, presenting the first deeply felt portrayal of boyhood.
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Overview. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, published in 1885, is a quintessential American novel that offers a vivid portrayal of the antebellum South. The story is narrated by Huck Finn, a young boy seeking freedom from his abusive father, who escapes down the Mississippi River with Jim, a runaway slave.
How do Pap Finn, the Widow Douglas, and Judge Thatcher dispute over the custody of Huck? How does Huck escape from imprisonment by his father? What dreams and plans does Jim have for his future once he successfully escapes from slavery?
A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for Tom.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Directed by Richard Thorpe. With Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley, Rex Ingram. To avoid his abusive father, a rambunctious boy rafts the Mississippi River with a slave, encountering many wild characters.
Sep 21, 2011 · Title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete. Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Release Date: August 20, 2006 [EBook #76] [This file last updated September 21, 2011] Language: English. Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1.
“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn,” Ernest Hemingway wrote, “It’s the best book we’ve had.” A complex masterpiece that has spawned volumes of scholarly exegesis and interpretative theories, it is at heart a compelling adventure story.
