Mark Twain's adventurous masterpiece

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	• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Prestwick House Inc., 2005 - 280 pages average customer review:based on 13 reviews view larger image
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Mark Twain's adventurous masterpiece

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an excellent, easy read that shows the adventures of a young southern boy running away from home and learning a little about himself in the meantime. Huck, who is adopted by two widows who try to "civilize" him, does not like it and runs away with Jim, Miss Watson's slave. Miss Watson is one of the widows who adopts Huck. They both escape and travel up the Mississippi river to the "free state". They both encounter many adventures along the way and Huck reveals to himself more and more along the way that Jim is "white" on the inside.

I really enjoyed this book because it shows Huck, who is being forced to be civilized by society, rebels because he finds that society has some moral imperfections that are being forced upon him. Jim becomes a father figure to Huck throughout the adventures and is not a servant, which is what society has taught Huck. For example when Jim doesn't let Huck see the dead man's face in the house floating down the river, it shows us that Jim really cares for Huck and takes responsibility for his protection. In turn to Jim's father-like figure to Huck, Huck takes responsibility to make sure Jim becomes a free man because Huck knows how good of a person Jim really is.

This book is a must read for anybody and can teach anyone a little bit about learning who a person really is and not to listen to what society has prejudged someone to be. I really enjoyed the gripping adventures that Huck goes through and the revelations he has about the prejudiced ways of society.

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

One of the top five stories I've ever read. The voice of Huck Finn is superb; Mark Twain's story-telling style is amongst the best. Absolutely love this book, re-read it periodically, if you haven't read it do yourself a favour and get it today. Infinite number of stars.

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Great American Novel

It's not called "the great American novel" for nothing.

Huck Finn is by far one of the greatest fronteir adventures ever written.

Mark Twain is brilliant, witty, and real.

There is nothing else like it; it's a must-read.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Monumental and fluid, Mark Twain offers this first-person narrative through a young American boy named Huckleberry Finn whose epic journey down the Mississippi River during the slavery era of the south leads him to a greater understanding of human nature and of the blinding misconceptions of prejudice in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Running Press, 238 pages). The escapade takes Huck through a compelling series of events which relentlessly test his will, morals and conviction. Ravaged by inner-turmoil, he is constantly battling with himself over what his heart tells him to do versus what society tells him to do. The recurring theme of right versus wrong in Huck's eyes is evident with almost all of the acquaintances and relationships he has in this captivating, revealing classic.

When encountering a novel it usually takes the reader a few chapters to get into the flow of the book; this is not the case in Twain's artful masterpiece. From the first chapter to the last, the novel keeps its momentum and Twain never bores the reader by slowing down the pace of the story. The plot does not become bogged-down or dull, like so many pieces of literature tend to. Huck's revelations as the story progresses regarding the black race are inspiring and even his view of the white race after spending an extended period of time with the dauphin and the duke show a side of Huck which society did not breed. Twain uses slavery, education and the hypocrisy of society as clear themes which illuminate Huck's true feelings. His intellectual state at the conclusion of the novel is far superior to what it was at the beginning and it serves to demonstrate the profound impact the voyage had on his attitude toward the human race.

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My all time childhood favorite.

I read Huckleberry Finn as a young teenager and beyond question this was my favorite piece of fiction (my version is 1985). I will confess I had only a limited scope to compare with as I was not a first-rate bookworm as a child; however, this will not diminish the timeless quality of Twain's work.

I remember absorbing myself in this book quite fondly and having difficulty putting it down. At an age when I could closely relate to Huck's level of maturity, Twain presented his novel in such a congenial fashion it was almost as though I remember Huck as a personal friend. This is perhaps the genius of the book, a book I highly recommend.

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This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader?s notes to help the modern reader contend with Twain?s language, allusions, and deliberate misstatements and malapropisms.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain?s sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, became an instant success in the year of its publication, 1884, but was seen by some as unfit for children to read because of its language, grammar, and "uncivilized hero." The book has sparked controversy ever since, but most scholars continue to praise it as a modern masterpiece, an essential read, and one of the greatest novels in all of American literature. Twain?s satiric treatment of racism, religious excess, and rural simplicity and his accuracy in presenting dialects mark Huck Finn as a classic. His unswerving confidence in Huck?s wisdom and maturity, along with the well-rounded and sympathetic portrayal of Jim draw readers into the book, holding them until Huck?s last words rejecting all attempts to "sivilize" him.

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