Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Twain
- First Published: 1884
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot:
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: On and around the Mississippi River
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Adventure
- Subjects: Adolescence, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Midwest, Rivers or waterways, Small-town life, Boys, Runaway children, Fraud, Impostors or imposture
- Locales: Missouri, Mississippi River
Characters Discussed
Huckleberry Finn, a small-town boy living along the banks of the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. Perhaps the best-known youthful character in world fiction, Huck has become the prototype of the boy who lives a life that all boys would like to live; he also helped to shape such diverse characters as Ernest Hemingway’s Nick Adams and J. D. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield. He makes an adventurous voyage with the slave Jim, drifting down the Mississippi on a raft. When he contrasts himself with his flamboyant and wildly imaginative friend Tom...
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