Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Twain
- First Published: 1884
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Along the Mississippi River
- Principal Characters: Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, Jim, Pap Finn, Duke, Widow Douglas
- 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
The Story:
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn had found a box of gold in a robber’s cave. After Judge Thatcher had taken the money and invested it for the boys, each had the huge allowance of a dollar a day. The Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson, had taken Huck home with them to try to reform him. At first, Huck could not stand living in a tidy house where smoking and swearing were forbidden. Worse, he had to go to school and learn how to read. He did, however, manage to drag himself to school almost every day, except for the times when he sneaked off for a smoke in the...
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