Genre
Adventure fiction
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A river classic of freedom, conscience and American satire.
Details
Subgenre
Satirical coming of age
Original publication
1884
Original publisher
Chatto and Windus
Pages
366
Format
Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions
Language
English
Setting
The Mississippi River
ISBN
9780142437179
Original title
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
About the book
Huck Finn travels down the Mississippi with Jim, testing friendship, freedom, conscience and the hypocrisies of society.
A fit for readers who want river adventure, satire, moral awakening and a central friendship that challenges its world.
Twain combines comic episodes with a serious moral pressure around slavery, loyalty and social convention.
It suits readers asking for American classics, first-person voice, adventure and satire with ethical force.
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