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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Number of Chapters: 43

Length: 10 hours and 42 minutes

Language: English

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of “Huck” Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer’s sidekick in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), his friend Jim, and their journey down the Mississippi River on a raft. Both are on the run, Huck from his drunk and abusive father, and Jim as a runaway slave.

As Huck and Jim drift down the river, they meet many colorful characters and have many great adventures. The true heart of the story, however, is the friendship between Huck and Jim. A constant theme throughout the book is Huck’s internal struggle between what he has been taught, that helping a runaway slave is a sin, and what he truly believes, that Jim is a good man and it couldn’t possibly be wrong to help him.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was unique at the time of its publication (1884) because it is narrated by Huck himself and is written in the numerous dialects common in the area and time in which the book is set. Although the book was originally intended as a sequel to the children’s book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, as Twain wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn it progressed into a more serious work. Twain’s views on slavery and other social issues of the time become clear through the words, thoughts, and actions of Huck Finn. The book has always been the subject of great controversy, and according to The American Library Association it was fifth on the list of most frequently challenged books in the 1990s.
(Summary by Annie Coleman)

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Chapter 01 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 02 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 03 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 04 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 05 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 06 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 07 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 08 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 09 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 10 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 11 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 12 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 13 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 14 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 15 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 16 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 17 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 18 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 19 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 20 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 21 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 22 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 23 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 24 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 25 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 26 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 27 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 28 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 29 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 30 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 31 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 32 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 33 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 34 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 35 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 36 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 37 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 38 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 39 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 40 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 41 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter 42 (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Chapter the Last (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
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