num_pages: 284
description: 'You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but that ain't no matter.'So begins, in characteristic fashion, one of the greatest American novels. Narrated by a poor, illiterate white boy living in America's dep South before the Civil War, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the story of Huck's escape from his brutal father and the relationship that grows between him and Jim, the slave who is fleeing from an even more brutal opression. As they journey down the Mississippi their adventures address some of the most profound human conundrums: the prejudices of class, age and colour are pitted against the qualities of hope, courage, and moral character. Enormously influential in the development of American literature, Huckleberry Finn remains a controversial novel at the centre of impassioned debate. This edition discusses all the current issues and the evolution of Mark Twain's penetrating genius.(back cover)
language: English
title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
titlecomplete: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
characters: Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Jim Upton
genres: Fiction, Adventure, School, Young Adult, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Novels, High School, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1249037
places: The United States of America, Hannibal, Missouri, Mississippi River, Missouri, St. Petersburg, Missouri
series: Adventures of Tom and Huck
publisher: Oxford University Press