| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Masterpieces (5/10) Contributor(s): Twain, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798582830856 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 741.597 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.72 lbs) 242 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Adventures on the Mississippi Who doesn't know this rebellious teenager with the big straw hat? But Mark Twain's second book about the young Huckleberry Finn - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Saywer - is much more than a children's story full of adventure and excitement. It is dark in places, dealing with difficult topics such as slavery, lies, betrayal, moral actions and true friendship. It is a biting satire of American South romanticism and a poignant portray of the pre-Civil War American society as the often naive but always perceptive perspective of Huckleberry Finn questions preconceived ideas and accepted prejudices. Yet at the end of his journey down the Mississippi River, he and the runaway slave Jim arrive at the epitome of the American dream: freedom |