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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Satirical and Picaresque Fiction

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. It is commonly named among the Great American Novels and is among the first major works of American literature written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism; a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, it is told in the first person by Huckleberry Huck Finn. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist over twenty years before the work was published, the novel is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River and, despite continued criticism for its coarse language and racial epithets, is widely regarded as an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Composed, From (Year)
from 1884 1
First published in the United Kingdom in December 1884; the United States edition followed in February 1885.
Composed, To (Year)
to 1884 1
Classification
Audience
Children's 1
Original Language
English 1
Connections

Authored By

Mark Twain, Authors
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Features Character

Huckleberry Finn, Literary Characters
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In Genre

The Picaresque Novel, Genres
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Influenced By

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Works
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In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, originated there.
  • Also in Language Atlas: English, original language there.
Sources
1. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.
  • Audience statement
    The book is noted for "changing the course of children's literature" in the United States for the "deeply felt portrayal of boyhood".
  • Lead paragraph
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. It is commonly named among the Great American Novels, and it is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism.
  • Authored By: Mark Twain, Lead section, authorship
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884.
  • In Genre: The Picaresque Novel, Lead section, genre
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain
  • Influenced By: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Lead section, sequel relationship
    Being the direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, it is told in the first person by Huckleberry 'Huck' Finn.
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Huckleberry Finn, character (Wikipedia)
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