Mark Twain's masterpiece is narrated by a barely literate boy in the vernacular speech that scandalized critics and revolutionized American literature. Huck's journey down the Mississippi with the escaped slave Jim is both picaresque adventure and profound moral education, as Huck learns to trust his own conscience over society's racist laws. Twain's satire is savage, his ear for American speech perfect, and his ending remains one of literature's most debated betrayals. This American classic and coming-of-age novel explores race, freedom, and morality on the pre-Civil War Mississippi River.
 
 
 
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