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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of “Huck” Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer’s sidekick in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), his friend Jim, and their journey down the Mississippi River on a raft. Both are on the run, Huck from his drunk and abusive father, and Jim as a runaway slave.

[photopress:huck_1.jpg,full,alignright] As Huck and Jim drift down the river, they meet many colorful characters and have many great adventures. The true heart of the story, however, is the friendship between Huck and Jim. A constant theme throughout the book is Huck’s internal struggle between what he has been taught, that helping a runaway slave is a sin, and what he truly believes, that Jim is a good man and it couldn’t possibly be wrong to help him.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was unique at the time of its publication (1884) because it is narrated by Huck himself and is written in the numerous dialects common in the area and time in which the book is set. Although the book was originally intended as a sequel to the children’s book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, as Twain wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn it progressed into a more serious work. Twain’s views on slavery and other social issues of the time become clear through the words, thoughts, and actions of Huck Finn. The book has always been the subject of great controversy, and according to The American Library Association it was fifth on the list of most frequently challenged books in the 1990s. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain – 43 Chapters
Read by Annie Coleman Total Runtime: 10:42:06

Chapter 01 – 00:08:52 show

Chapter 02 – 00:12:31 show

Chapter 03 – 00:09:10 show

Chapter 04 – 00:07:51 show

Chapter 05 – 00:09:12 show

Chapter 06 – 00:15:05 show

Chapter 07 – 00:14:15 show

Chapter 08 – 00:23:09 show

Chapter 09 – 00:08:59 show

Chapter 10 – 00:07:19 show

Chapter 11 – 00:14:45 show

Chapter 12 – 00:15:17 show

Chapter 13 – 00:11:23 show

Chapter 14 – 00:09:21 show

Chapter 15 – 00:13:01 show

Chapter 16 – 00:19:36 show

Chapter 17 – 00:20:13 show

Chapter 18 – 00:27:32 show

Chapter 19 – 00:21:41 show

Chapter 20 – 00:21:50 show

Chapter 21 – 00:23:46 show

Chapter 22 – 00:14:05 show

Chapter 23 – 00:14:25 show

Chapter 24 – 00:14:01 show

Chapter 25 – 00:17:00 show

Chapter 26 – 00:16:55 show

Chapter 27 – 00:16:08 show

Chapter 28 – 00:21:05 show

Chapter 29 – 00:23:03 show

Chapter 30 – 00:08:29 show

Chapter 31 – 00:22:50 show

Chapter 32 – 00:14:09 show

Chapter 33 – 00:15:42 show

Chapter 34 – 00:13:00 show

Chapter 35 – 00:15:26 show

Chapter 36 – 00:12:27 show

Chapter 37 – 00:14:12 show

Chapter 38 – 00:14:45 show

Chapter 39 – 00:11:42 show

Chapter 40 – 00:12:13 show

Chapter 41 – 00:14:21 show

Chapter the Last – 00:04:09 show