![]() Like Charles Dickens, who makes the rich pay attention to the poor, Mark Twain explains what the bad things of slavery are to the white, and mocks the life of the rich, saying how it can be reformed by the homeless like Huck. I think that 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is a good book, it follows 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and introduces American language to European readers. (Summary from Wikipedia)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit would review 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' as a 5-star book because it has an anti-slavery message, an amusing plot, and it is very moving. ![]() Although the Southern society it satirized was already a quarter-century in the past by the time of publication, the book immediately became controversial, and has remained so to this day. It has also been the continued object of study by serious literary critics. The book has been popular with young readers since its publication, and taken as a sequel to the comparatively innocuous The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The drifting journey of Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River on their raft may be one of the most enduring images of escape and freedom in all of American literature. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River, and its sober and often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. ![]() ![]() LibriVox recording of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 03), by Mark Twain. ![]()
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