Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

390 Pages

Adventure stories
Bildungsromans
Boys
Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)
Fugitive slaves
Humorous stories
Male friendship
Mississippi River
Missouri
Race relations
Runaway children

Summary

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is a novel first published in 1884. It follows the story of Huck Finn, a young boy who escapes his abusive father and travels down the Mississippi River on a raft with an escaped slave, Jim. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in the pre-Civil War South, the novel explores themes of race, identity, and freedom.

Famous Quotes

All right, then, I'll go to hell. - Huck Finn

That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don't know nothing about it. - Huck Finn

Human beings can be awful cruel to one another. - Huck Finn

It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky, up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them. - Huck Finn