Mark Twain's witty satirical tale of childhood rebellion against hypocritical adult authority
the Penguin Classics edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is edited with a critical
introduction by Peter Coveney. Mark Twain's story of a boy's journey down the Mississippi on a
raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done
before. When Huck escapes from his drunken abusive 'Pap' and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas
with runaway slave Jim he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families
and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits however are
more serious undercurrents - of slavery adult control and above all of Huck's struggle
between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society which threaten his deep and
enduring friendship with Jim.
