A classic for a reason.
4 stars
Very good book.
Paperback, 394 pages
English language
Published March 9, 1972 by Penguin Books.
Of all the contenders for the title of The Great American Novel, none has a better claim than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This idyll, intended at first as 'a kind of companion to Tom Sawyer', grew and matured under Mark Twain's hand into a work of immeasurable richness and complexity. Critics have argued over the symbolic significance of Huck's and Jim's voyage down the Mississippi: none has disputed the greatness of the book itself. It remains a work that can be enjoyed at many levels: as an incomparable adventure story, as a classic of American humour, and as a metaphor of the American predicament.
--back cover
Of all the contenders for the title of The Great American Novel, none has a better claim than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This idyll, intended at first as 'a kind of companion to Tom Sawyer', grew and matured under Mark Twain's hand into a work of immeasurable richness and complexity. Critics have argued over the symbolic significance of Huck's and Jim's voyage down the Mississippi: none has disputed the greatness of the book itself. It remains a work that can be enjoyed at many levels: as an incomparable adventure story, as a classic of American humour, and as a metaphor of the American predicament.
--back cover
Review of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I wanted to re-read (listen) to this book as an adult because I read it as a teen and had no recollection whatsoever of the n-bomb. I really dislike that word, and wanted to see if all the recent fuss had any basis. Conclusion: leave it alone, people. To remove that word from this book would change the entire foundation of the story. To remove it would be MISSING THE POINT.
Subjects
- Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Runaway children -- Fiction
- Male friendship -- Fiction
- Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Boys -- Fiction
- Mississippi River -- Fiction
- Missouri -- Fiction