The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Qualitas Publishing, 2012 - Fiction - 320 pages
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain and first published in 1885. Considered one of the great American novels, it is written in the vernacular and told in the first person by Huckleberry (Huck) Finn, best friend of Mark Twain's other famous creation, Tom Sawyer. The story follows Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, as they drift down the Mississippi river on their raft. Through its depiction of the people and places along the mighty Mississippi, and Huck's adventures along the way, the novel has become a classic tale of escape and freedom. This publication of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is part of the Qualitas Classics Fireside Series, where pure, ageless classics are presented in clean, easy to read reprints. For a complete list of titles, see: http: //www.qualitaspublishing.co

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About the author (2012)

Mark Twain was born Samuel L. Clemens in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He worked as a printer, and then became a steamboat pilot. He traveled throughout the West, writing humorous sketches for newspapers. In 1865, he wrote the short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which was very well received. He then began a career as a humorous travel writer and lecturer, publishing The Innocents Abroad in 1869, Roughing It in 1872, and, Gilded Age in 1873, which was co-authored with Charles Dudley Warner. His best-known works are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mississippi Writing: Life on the Mississippi, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910.

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