Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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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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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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Jerome Moross notableWork Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
this entity surface form: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain bibliography includesWork Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn (1931 film) basedOn Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
St. Petersburg, Missouri appearsIn Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Margaret Clemens fatherNotableWork Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
America’s Hometown associatedWithWork Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
City of Hannibal inspiredWork Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
St. Petersburg appearsIn Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse commemoratesWork Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Lawrence Mark notableWork Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
this entity surface form: The Adventures of Huck Finn
Jackson's Island appearsInWork Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
this entity surface form: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn