The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain
Huckleberry
Finn is generally considered one of the most important
books in American literature—a book that continues to influence
subsequent novels and generate scholarly discussion more
than a century after it was written. Hungry for comradeship,
the mischievous Huck Finn befriends an African American
man named Jim. Together they raft down the Mississippi River,
Huck escaping from his cruel father and Jim escaping from
enslavement. Along the way Jim helps Huck learn the nature
of friendship and the meaning of freedom.
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from
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The
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from
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Jr.
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