num_pages: 266
description: A favorite among young readers and adults alike, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first published in 1884, is considered to be the author's masterpiece, as well as one of the best American novels ever written.In order to escape his abusive father, Huckleberry Finn fakes his own death. He meets up with the runaway slave Jim, and the two begin a new, carefree life on a raft traversing the Mississippi River. Despite their travels bringing them more trouble than expected and the fear of being returned to their old lives, Huck Finn and Jim form a bond that helps protect them from the judgments of a hypocritical society that claims to value civilization even as it benefits from the horror of slavery.This version of the book includes "The Raftsmen Passage".
language: English
title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
titlecomplete: The 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: 1248889
places: The United States of America, Hannibal, Missouri, Mississippi River, Missouri, St. Petersburg, Missouri
series: Adventures of Tom and Huck
publisher: Harper & Row