The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Twain, Mark 1835-1910 (author.). Coveney, Peter, (editor.).

Summary: Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents - of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Huck's struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten his deep and enduring friendship with Jim.

Record details

ISBN: 9780141199573
Physical Description: xlvi, 347 pages : map ; 21 cm
regular print
Publisher: London : Penguin Classics, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2013.
Copyright: ©2003

Content descriptions

General Note:	First published: 1884. Reissued with new chronology and further reading 2003.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.