![]() ![]() Twain seems to have had no difficulty capturing Huck's spirit and voice as Huck told his story, but at some point, Twain began to struggle with the narrative. ![]() Set in Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about twenty years before the work was published, this story is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism.Īfter the success of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, published in 1876, Mark Twain began a book about Tom's more down-to-earth friend, Huckleberry Finn. It contains colorful descriptions of people and places along the Mississippi River. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer. ![]() Known as one of the Great American Novels, this novel is written in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. ![]()
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