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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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 →
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	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	Charles L. Webster and Company → Chatto & Windus →
setting	Arkansas → Mississippi River → Missouri →
settingRegion	American South →
theme	freedom → hypocrisy of civilized society → moral development → race relations in the United States → slavery →
timePeriod	pre–American Civil War →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aunt Sally Phelps → Judge Thatcher ("The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn") → Miss Watson → Pap Finn → Silas Phelps → St. Petersburg, Missouri → The Duke → The King → Tom Sawyer → Widow Douglas →	appearsIn
Hannibal, Missouri → Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum → Nook Farm →	associatedWithWork
Aunt Polly ("The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn") → Huckleberry Finn →	appearsInWork
Aunt Sally Phelps → Silas Phelps →	firstAppearance
Hannibal, Missouri → Mark Twain Cave ("The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn") →	inspiredWork
Mark Twain → Samuel Langhorne Clemens →	notableWork
Aunt Polly → Becky Thatcher House ("The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn") →	relatedWork
Aunt Polly →	appearsBrieflyIn
Cardiff Hill →	associatedWith
Mississippi River culture →	documentedIn
Pap Finn ("Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)") →	firstPublicationContext
Life on the Mississippi →	followedBy
American literature →	hasNotableWork
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer →	hasSequel
Tom Sawyer universe →	includesWork
Tom and Huck Statue →	inspiredBy
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ("Huckleberry Finn") →	mainCharacter
Huckleberry Finn →	narratorOf
Mark Twain House and Museum →	notableWorkWrittenThere
Tom Sawyer Abroad →	prequel
Charles L. Webster and Company →	publishedWork
Silas Phelps ("Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (first published 1884–1885)") →	publisherWorkAppearsIn
Huckleberry Finn →	titleCharacterOf