Quick overview
- Novel published in 1884
- Set along the Mississippi River
- Sequel to Tom Sawyer
What is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn about?
Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in 1884. Huck, a boy of the Mississippi River town of St Petersburg, Missouri, narrates in his own dialect, in the years before the Civil War.
To escape his violent father, Huck fakes his own death and sets off down the river on a raft with Jim, an enslaved man who has run away. The pair meet con men, feuding families and slave hunters, and Huck must decide where his conscience lies. It is one of the most debated American novels.
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Kindle: download the EPUB and send it with Amazon's Send to Kindle (web, app or email). Amazon converts it for your device. Kobo, Pocketbook, Apple Books and Google Play Books open the EPUB directly. The PDF keeps the page layout and suits printing or a large tablet.
Is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn free to download?
Yes. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in 1884, so it is in the US public domain. Mark Twain died in 1910, so it is also free in the EU, where copyright ends 70 years after death. This edition comes from Standard Ebooks, which releases its texts under CC0.
What is Huckleberry Finn about?
A boy and an escaped enslaved man travel down the Mississippi on a raft, and the boy questions what he has been taught.
Is Huckleberry Finn a sequel?
Yes. It follows The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, with Huck as the narrator.
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