"Contexts and Sources" provides readers with a rich selection of documents related to the historical background, language, composition, sale, reception, and newly discovered first half of the manuscript of Mark Twain's greatest work. The text is accompanied by explanatory annotations. The two embark on a dangerous escape along the Mississippi River, and live many adventures together, until they reach the surprising and unexpected end of the work, in which they receive the help of the risky and brave Tom Sawyer.This perennially popular Norton Critical Edition reprints for the first time the definitive Iowa-California text of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, complete with all original illustrations by Edward Windsor Kemble and John Harley. There, Huck is held captive, but manages to escape on a raft and meets his friend Jim, a runaway slave who is fleeing for his freedom. However, fate plays against poor Huck, for he is captured by his wicked father, who returns to town and takes him to live in a shack downriver. Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer's best friend, receives the care and protection of Douglas's widow, but at the same time he devotes himself to his usual games helping Tom in his band of thieves. The plot of the novel follows The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, being a sort of continuation of it. Throughout the novel, the two characters are confronted with various problems, such as slavery, religion and society. The story takes place along the Mississippi River, which Huck and a runaway slave named Jim travel on a raft.
The novel focuses on the friendship between Huck and Jim, and how each of them tries to overcome their problems. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain and originally published between 18. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Book download in PDF, ePub & Mobi by Mark Twain
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