Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the Widow Douglas with a runaway slave, Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin.'
Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents - of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Huck's struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten his deep and enduring friendship with Jim.
About the Tom Sawyer Series
Books in series order
- 1.Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- 2.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- 3.Tom Sawyer Abroad
- 4.Tom Sawyer, Detective
Reading age: 11+ years
This series should be read in order.
A series of irresistible tales of the adventures of two friends growing up in frontier America, the 'Tom Sawyer' books introduce two of literature's most colourful and cherished characters.
The first two books in this series have long been regarded as great American novels. The farcical, colourful, and poignant escapades of Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn brilliantly depict the humour and pathos of growing up on the geographic and cultural rim of nineteenth-century America. Originally intended for children, these books transcend genre in their magical depictions of innocence and possibility.
Please note: The title character, Tom Sawyer, also appears in at least three unfinished Twain works, 'Huck and Tom Among the Indians,' 'Schoolhouse Hill,' and 'Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy.' While all three incomplete works were posthumously published, only 'Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy' has a decipherable plot, as Twain abandoned the other two works after finishing only a few chapters. Being regarded as incomplete, these tales are not recorded here as part of the official Tom Sawyer series.