One of THE children’s classics of all time provides a unique insight into the world of America’s deep south for a young boy. It’s the story of Huck who goes on the run, down the Mississippi with Jim after he’s been strapped once too often by his drunken father and so begins a wonderful adventure full of humour and all manner of emotion.
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Huckleberry Finn has just been adopted by the Widow Douglass and her sister, and both are committed to changing Huck's "e;uncivilized"e; ways. Clean clothes, good manners, and steady church and school attendance are more than Huck can take. But when he is kidnapped by his drunken father, Huck's return to life without rules doesn't seem much better. He escapes and meets Jim, a runaway slave, and together the two travel the Mississippi River on a raft, heading toward Jim's freedom. This unabridged version of Mark Twain's classic American tale-a follow-up to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-is taken from the 1885 copyright edition and includes original illustrations by Edward W. Kemble.
Twain is considered the greatest humorist of 19th Century American literature. His novels and stories about the Mississippi River: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1894) are still popular with modern readers.