Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
About this work
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or as it is known in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective) and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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Subjects
- adventure and adventurers
- Adventure stories
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- American literature
- Boys
- Child and youth fiction
- Children's fiction
- child witnesses
- Courtship
- English language
- friendship
- Fugitive slaves