Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
- First Published: 1884
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1835-1845
- Setting: The Mississippi Valley
- Principal Characters: Huckleberry Finn, Jim
- 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
“When I write,” novelist Stephen Amidon said,
when any American author sits down to face a blank page, there are many voices whispering in our ear . . . It is a raucous crowd, though one voice rises above them all—the steady, amused drawl of an uneducated boy from backwoods Missouri with the improbable name of Huckleberry. And for those critics and book-banners who wish to shut him up, to civilize him, well you have about as much of a chance as the people of the Mississippi Valley did back in the 1840’s when Huck proved himself the master not only of drifting into trouble...
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