num_pages: 336
description: Of all the contenders for the title of The Great American Novel, none has a better claim than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Intended at first as a simple story of a boy's adventures in the Mississippi Valley-- a sequel to Tom Sawyer-- the book grew and matured under Twain's hand into a work of immeasurable richness and complexity. More than a century after its publication, the critical debate over the symbolic significance of Huck and Jim's voyage is still fresh, and it remains a major work that can be enjoyed at many levels: as an incomparable adventure story and as a classic of American humor.John Seelye's introduction cogently assesses the continuing impact of this novel on its readers and on other writers.--back cover
language: English
title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
titlecomplete: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
characters: Jim Upton, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn
genres: Fiction, Classics, Novels, Young Adult, Read For School, Historical Fiction, High School, Literature, Adventure, School
ratings_count: 1248884
places: Mississippi River, St. Petersburg, Missouri, Hannibal, Missouri, The United States of America, Missouri
series: Adventures of Tom and Huck
publisher: Penguin Classics