The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn and Related Readings

by Mark Twain (Editor)

A textbook reader for young adults features Mark Twain's "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn," plus short stories, poems, and essays designed to build reading comprehension.

Genres: Classics, School, Fiction

416 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.

Reviews

[Mitchell Sigmund · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun and great. I got over my problem of dialect as well. Very good, enjoyed it a bunch. I'm not going to read all of the other stories in the book, because my only objective was to read Huck Finn and not the "related readings".

[Giovanni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this for AP Lang but it was pretty unique. I read analyzing the morality and damn it had a lot of morality. With each adventure that Finn goes on with the escaped slave Jim, Finn finds a parental figure that influences him to do good unlike how the Widow, Father, and others influenced Finn to be someone he was not. Meeting various people along the journey down the river, Finn sees the truth of the world and just what dangers they are for families, adults, and people of color. Using found family as the moral value for Finn, Twain uses tactics such as Satire, Connotation, etc to make the point that religion, friends, or other things should not dictate your morality but rather what you consider family and the experiences you face with them. In this coming of age story, Finn finds what family truly means and in the end finds his found family consisting of Jim, Tom, and relatives that truly care for him.

[Guinivere Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very exciting and a great read .
Though can be hard to understand in parts .
A lot of racism and slavery and abuse which was emotional and sad .
I will be reading again as to understand the story more .
A lot of slang words .

[Rae · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think the only reason I was opposed to this book was that it was assigned at school. It was fine to read, very much something I should have read when I was younger when I would have appreciated the "adventure" aspect of it a little more, maybe. So, yes. I didn't really think the ending was a cop-out; I thought that it fit the rest of the book, because *SPOILERS* (well, sorta a spoiler) it has such an open ending, where Jim is free and Huck might go to Tom's Aunt's house to be brought up "civilized" or he might run away. And I just thought it really fit the whole adventurous fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants tone of the whole book. I thought the whole "escape" plan/scenes were somewhat amusing and rather ridiculous at the same time. Very boyish. Maybe I should say that instead. All around, I like how descriptive Twain is, though sometimes when he gets steamboat-technical, I get a little lost. Also, I basically read this in two days, so it was a good quick read.

[CMT-Michigan · Rating 3 out of 5]

One must understand the point Twain was making when he published this book so as to not get offended. There are some sincere controversies that rage because of this novel, mostly because of the "N" word. However, the lesson learned from this novel is one that will stay with the reader forever. Huck is a young boy during the time of slavery in American(pre-Civil War) who runs away with Jim, a slave from his hometown. Together, through their episodic adventures, a friendship forms. Eventually, Huck makes the decision that goes against what society has taught him all of his life. It is this decision that makes the novel powerful. The biting wit and sarcasm of Mark Twain, combined with sly satire and irony, add to the power of this novel, which has often been called "THE most important American novel."

[Bt · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read - lots of fun and Huck's "author's voice" is just perfect. It really helps you get to know the character and adds a lot of humor. This seems like one of those books everyone should read at some time. It's not on my list of favorites, but it's definitely a good read. The plot moves along pretty nicely, and it has a nice blend of serious and light. I really felt for Huck at the sad moments, and I was laughing out loud for the funny ones. There was also plenty for me to use for literary analysis for school. To sum the book up in one word, just plain "fun."

[Nora · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's incredible, and as full of sharp satire as I always heard it was. And I liked it more than I thought I would -- I think I was scarred by the weight of it -- that whole 'This is a Very Important Book' vibe. Not sure what I wanted out of the ending, and not sure if I love what I *did* get.

[Janele Stevens · Rating 3 out of 5]

Over all, I enjoyed this book. The dialect was hard to follow sometimes, and it did get tiresome reading the words of an uneducated, Southern child, but the plot was interesting and I liked a lot of the characters.

[Haley · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Sharon Mackey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know it's a classic and I enjoyed reading it. However, the dialect of the characters sometimes bogged me down..