Paperback
English language
Published July 8, 2003 by Penguin Books.
'Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft" Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work has done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Daupin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents--of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Huck's struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten his deep and enduring frienship with Jim.
This edition uses the text from the first edition of 1884 and includes a new chronology and suggestions for further …
'Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft" Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work has done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Daupin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents--of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Huck's struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten his deep and enduring frienship with Jim.
This edition uses the text from the first edition of 1884 and includes a new chronology and suggestions for further reading. (back cover)
The audio quality was not so great on this one.
More like 3.5
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Mark Twain's most famous novel, is an absolute masterpiece. First published 1884, the story details the exciting adventures of Huck Finn, a boy who refuses to succumb to apathy. Along the way, he encounters Jim, a runaway slave, and their explorations shake the very foundation of their shared existence. Twain explores a multitude of pivotal matters, such as bigotry, racism, brotherhood, war, religion, and freedom. While Twain's mantra has the ability to inspire lighthearted hilarity, it is the commentary on this central issues that drives the narrative forward. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is a heavy-hearted work of staggering genius that absolutely everyone ought to read.
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Mark Twain's most famous novel, is an absolute masterpiece. First published 1884, the story details the exciting adventures of Huck Finn, a boy who refuses to succumb to apathy. Along the way, he encounters Jim, a runaway slave, and their explorations shake the very foundation of their shared existence. Twain explores a multitude of pivotal matters, such as bigotry, racism, brotherhood, war, religion, and freedom. While Twain's mantra has the ability to inspire lighthearted hilarity, it is the commentary on this central issues that drives the narrative forward. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is a heavy-hearted work of staggering genius that absolutely everyone ought to read.
It was great until Tom Sawyer showed up
There's nothing I can say about this book that hasn't been said better. This is just a note about the BBC Audio CD: it's terrific.
There's nothing I can say about this book that hasn't been said better. This is just a note about the BBC Audio CD: it's terrific.
I first read this in 1974, when I was a little older than Huckleberry's age, which is fourteen, and reread it summer of 2023. I was surprised by how much of it I remembered. And I noticed things that I was either oblivious to at that age, or forgot about since. While it's written in the voice of a teenager in 1840, [a:Mark Twain|1244|Mark Twain|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1322103868p2/1244.jpg] was in his late forties when it was published, 1884 in England and Canada, 1885 in the U.S., and there are passages that mean more to me now, like the one below.
One thing [b:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|2956|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|Mark Twain|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546096879l/2956.SX50.jpg|1835605] has made me revise is my dislike of dialect. This book is entirely in dialect—Huckleberry narrates it—but I liked that about it.
When I got there it was all still and Sunday-like, and hot and sunshiny; the hands …
I first read this in 1974, when I was a little older than Huckleberry's age, which is fourteen, and reread it summer of 2023. I was surprised by how much of it I remembered. And I noticed things that I was either oblivious to at that age, or forgot about since. While it's written in the voice of a teenager in 1840, [a:Mark Twain|1244|Mark Twain|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1322103868p2/1244.jpg] was in his late forties when it was published, 1884 in England and Canada, 1885 in the U.S., and there are passages that mean more to me now, like the one below.
One thing [b:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|2956|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|Mark Twain|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546096879l/2956.SX50.jpg|1835605] has made me revise is my dislike of dialect. This book is entirely in dialect—Huckleberry narrates it—but I liked that about it.
When I got there it was all still and Sunday-like, and hot and sunshiny; the hands was gone to the fields; and there was them kind of faint dronings of bugs and flies in the air that makes it seem so lonesome and like everybody's dead and gone; and if a breeze fans along and quivers the leaves it makes you feel mournful, because you feel like it's spirits whispering—spirits that's been dead ever so many years—and you always think they're talking about you. As a general thing it makes a body wish he was dead, too, and done with it all.
