Call number
JF TWA
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Publication
Grosset & Dunlap (1948), Edition: Deluxe, 431 pages
Description
Revered by all of the town's children and dreaded by all of its mothers, Huckleberry Finn is indisputably the most appealing child-hero in American literature. Unlike the tall-tale, idyllic world of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is firmly grounded in early reality. From the abusive drunkard who serves as Huckleberry's father, to Huck's first tentative grappling with issues of personal liberty and the unknown, Huckleberry Finn endeavors to delve quite a bit deeper into the complexities-both joyful and tragic of life.
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LibraryThing member fotenosfamily
Huck Finn is about Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Jim. Huck Finn likes to lie, and so does Tom Saywer. Huckleberry Finn likes to lie because he needs to help himself, and Tom Sawyer likes to lie with drama. Huck Finn in one part dressed up as a girl, and there were lots of exciting parts. My favorite
What I liked about the book: My Dad read this book before me. I like the word Huckleberry because I like the ice cream. It's a long book. The way my Dad read it to me was funny - the language, especially Jim's.
What I didn't like about the book: I liked all of the parts.
-by Naomi Fotenos on Feb 28, 2009 (age 6)
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part was when Huckleberry Finn and his dad, Pap, were in his cabin across the Mississippi River, and they were up to a lot. And I have another favorite part, when Jim and Huckleberry found Paps cabin and Pap was dead. There was a King and a Duke, who were frauds, and we don't actually know if they were a King and a Duke because they were frauds. What I liked about the book: My Dad read this book before me. I like the word Huckleberry because I like the ice cream. It's a long book. The way my Dad read it to me was funny - the language, especially Jim's.
What I didn't like about the book: I liked all of the parts.
-by Naomi Fotenos on Feb 28, 2009 (age 6)
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LibraryThing member chellerystick
After a few months vivisecting Huck Finn using various types of literary theory in my tenth grade English class, I don't think there is much I can add. But I can say I read it when I was ten, and it was a fun adventure; I read it when I was fifteen, and it was rich in symbolism; and reading it as
A must-have.
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an adult it is a relevant delight. It grows with us and with our society.A must-have.
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LibraryThing member trinityofone
This is a book that my dad read to me when I was little (often, I believe, switching in "n-word" for the full slur), that I slogged through in high school, and that I rediscovered my passion for in college. Twain is so *clever*--take the section about the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords, a saga
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that's part Romeo and Juliet, part Cain and Abel, and part screwball comedy (with a shocking tragic end)--but there's also real depth and meaning behind Huck's journey--the physical, and the emotional one. This is really the story of a boy finding his moral center in a time of corrupted ethics. I think about the scene where Huck decides he's willing to go to Hell if that's the price of rescuing Jim, his friend, and I *know* why this is a classic. Show Less
Pages
431
ISBN
0448060000 / 9780448060002