Huckleberry Finn, rebel against school and church, casual inheritor of
gold treasure, rafter of the Mississippi, and savior of Jim the runaway
slave, is the archetypal American maverick.

Fleeing the respectable society that wants to "sivilize" him, Huck Finn
shoves off with Jim on a rhapsodic raft journey down the Mississippi
River. The two bind themselves to one another, becoming intimate friends
and agreeing "there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places
do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty
free and easy and comfortable on a raft."

As Huck learns about love, responsibility, and morality, the trip
becomes a metaphoric voyage through his own soul, culminating in the
glorious moment when he decides to "go to hell" rather than return Jim
to slavery.

Mark Twain defined classic as "a book which people praise and don't
read"; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a happy exception to his
own rule. Twain's mastery of dialect, coupled with his famous wit, has
made Huckleberry Finn one of the most loved and distinctly American
classics ever written.

Read by William Dufris

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