Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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American novel novel picaresque novel

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an 1884 American novel that follows a boy’s journey down the Mississippi River and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential works in U.S. literature.

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn canonical 47
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 9
The Adventures of Huck Finn 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
picaresque novel ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
radio drama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
television series ⓘ
author Mark Twain ⓘ
controversy portrayal of African Americans ⓘ
use of racial slurs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPublishedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
firstUSPublicationDate 1885 ⓘ
follows The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ⓘ
genre Bildungsroman ⓘ
adventure fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCharacter Aunt Sally Phelps ⓘ
Miss Watson ⓘ
Pap Finn ⓘ
Silas Phelps ⓘ
The Duke ⓘ
The King ⓘ
Widow Douglas ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
surface form: American realism
literarySignificance considered a foundational work of American realism ⓘ
considered one of the greatest works of American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Jim ⓘ
Tom Sawyer ⓘ
narrativePointOfView first person ⓘ
narrator Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
notableFor critique of racism and slavery ⓘ
use of vernacular speech ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
precededBy The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ⓘ
publicationDate 1884 ⓘ
publisher James R. Osgood & Co. ⓘ
surface form: Charles L. Webster and Company

Chatto & Windus ⓘ
setting Arkansas ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
settingRegion Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
theme freedom ⓘ
hypocrisy of civilized society ⓘ
moral development ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
timePeriod pre–American Civil War ⓘ

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subject surface form: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Life on the Mississippi → followedBy → Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
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