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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics)
By: Mark Twain Publisher: Penguin Classics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 368 Publication Date: December 31, 2002 Studio: Penguin Classics
Amazon.com Review: Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, tells the story of a teenaged misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious.
Though some of the situations in Huckleberry Finn are funny in themselves (the cockeyed Shakespeare production in Chapter 21 leaps instantly to mind), this book's humor is found mostly in Huck's unique worldview and his way of expressing himself. Describing his brief sojourn with the Widow Douglas after she adopts him, Huck says: "After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people." Underlying Twain's good humor is a dark subcurrent of Antebellum cruelty and injustice that makes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a frequently funny book with a serious message.
The greatest American novel ^ I don't need to tell you what this book is about: everyone is familiar with it. I started reading it for the first time at age 25, fully expecting it to be the greatest novel I've ever read. I was not disappointed. I've never laughed so much with one book. The dialects, the events, the people: they're all so priceless. A masterpiece!
Exactly what I ordered! ^ This book came on time and was exactly what I ordered. I had absolutely no problem with this order and the price was great!
The end sucks!!! ^ An American classic, a literary work of art, these are just a couple of things that you hear about, Mark Twain's; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This novel takes place in the late 1800's on the Mississippi river, with a young run away boy, Huckleberry Finn, and his runaway slave friend Jim. The novel takes you on their journey down the Mississippi, where the two endure many triumphs and tribulations. In the midst of Huck and Jim's struggles, a friendship between them develops. At the end Huck and Jim are caught, only to find that Jim was set free months earlier by his owner. Before this happens though Tom Sawyer comes back into the picture and Huckleberry Finn once again follows Tom into a dangerous scheme that almost gets them killed and puts Jim through hell. In my opinion I would not call this novel a work of art, for sure! It is a fantastic story and really keeps the reader's attention. Then it ends, and sucks! The whole last three chapters of this book had me so angry. Jim gets caught and Huck is going to try to get him free but in the process meets up with his very self involved, immature friend, Tom. Tom then comes up with this outrageous scheme to brake Jim out. Instead of putting his foot down and freeing Jim, Huck goes along with Tom's plan. The plan not only makes a total fool of Jim, but almost gets both the boys killed. The novel takes you through this journey and you see Huck and Jim becoming friends, maturing with each other and learning acceptance. Then comes the ending where Huck morphs back into this careless boy who is trying to JUST free a slave for fun. Twain shows you how Huck matures throughout the book, just for him regress back to a follower. It makes no sense to me. How can a person go through this wonderful journey with another and form this bond just to throw it away in an instant. It's like Twain just gave up at the end, like he took the easy way out. Maybe he had writer's cramp, I really don't know. I do know that in my opinion this book gets huge thumbs down. Anita
Great book. ^ This classic is worth reading several times. We need a book like this for the times we live in now...what Twain could do with politics of today!
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