The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer's Comrade: With 195 Illustrations and a Free Audio Link

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. It is commonly named among the Great American Novels of all time, and is often considered Twain's greatest masterpiece. Combining his raw humor and startlingly mature material, Twain developed a novel that directly attacked many of the traditions the South held dear at the time of its publication.

Huckleberry Finn is the main character, and through his eyes, the reader sees and judges the South, its faults, and its redeeming qualities. Huck's companion Jim, a runaway slave, provides friendship and protection while the two journey along the Mississippi on their raft.

The work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local colour regionalism, and its colourful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer.

Popular with readers, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has also been the continued object of study by literary critics since its publication. It was criticized upon release because of its coarse language and became even more controversial in the 20th century because of its perceived use of racial stereotypes and because of its frequent use of the racial slur "nigger," despite strong arguments that the protagonist and the tenor of the book are anti-racist.

"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. It's the best book we've had." Ernest Hemingway

This book is unabridged (unedited) and the story appears as it was first published in 1884.

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