Narrated by a poor illiterate white boy living in America's deep South before the Civil War
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the story of Huck's escape from his brutal father and the
relationship that grows between him and Jim the slave who is fleeing from an even more brutal
oppression. As they journey down the Mississippi their adventures address some of the most
profound human conundrums: the prejudices of class age and colour are pitted against the
qualities of hope courage and moral character. Enormously influential in the development of
American literature Huckleberry Finn remains a controversial novel at the centre of
impassioned critical debate.
