Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain · 1884
Classics · ranked #35 in category
Huck Finn escapes his abusive father and floats down the Mississippi River with Jim, an enslaved man seeking freedom. Through a series of adventures and moral tests, Huck must choose between following the conventions of a society built on slavery and following his own conscience. Both the great American adventure story and one of the most debated texts in the country's literary history.
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