The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Edition: Washington Square Press Enriched Classics
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 1974-11
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 374
Copyright date: 1918
Description: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN is not merely a sequel to the story of Tom Sawyer. Although the book retains the humor, suspense, and sheer excitement of its predecessor, it is a much more accomplished and serious work. Mark Twain allowes hiscentral character to tell his own story, and, at the end, the reader is inclied to agree with Huck when he says,

"But I rekon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before."

Yes, the boy must have his freedom. He won't put up with the absurdities and brutalities in people's behavior, can't tolerate lies that mask as truth, and must reject a society that considers it a sin to help rather than turn in a runaway slave.

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Notes: 4B152
Second printing