From the Bookshelf of Never too Late to Read Classics…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)

Mark Twain

Start date: November 1, 2020

Finish date: November 30, 2020

Discussion: Lesser Know Classics

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of -6 topics — 2,667 comments total

Lesser Know Classics

* 2025 Must Read Lesser Known Classics: Scheduled Reads
By Lesle , Appalachian Bibliophile · 72 posts · 204 views

last updated Sep 06, 2025 07:14AM

2025 December: Quicksand by Nella Larsen
By Lesle , Appalachian Bibliophile · 3 posts · 15 views

last updated 3 hours, 55 min ago

showing 8 of 8 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Mar 18, 2012 midnightfaerie rated it really liked it

Shelves: childrens, classics, rory-gilmore

For my 8-yr old son's school, every year he gets a list of like 20 books he can choose from, and has to read around 4-5 and do a book report on them. I usually make him read them all. (Except evil ones like Old Yeller) This year, I realized there were many I hadn't read, or hadn't read in a very long time, so I'm working my way through them so we can enjoy them together. After he's read them, we plan on having movie nights for those that have movies.

This one I had read before, but reading it as ...more

15 likes · Like · see review

Feb 27, 2019 Shirley (stampartiste) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-author-twain-mark, read-classics, challenge-bingo-2019, challenge-back-to-the-classics-2019

So many wonderful reviews have been written about this book, that I don't think I can add anything more. I loved this book and thought Mark Twain perfectly captured the essence of America in the 1800s. I particularly enjoyed the exuberance, self-assurance, daring and heart of Huckleberry Finn. Above all, he relished freedom and self-determination. I loved Huck Finn's closing thoughts: "But I reckon that I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because aunt Sally she's going to ado ...more

12 likes · Like · see review

Mar 22, 2014 Nancy rated it liked it

Shelves: community, slavery, child-abuse, family, adventure, religion

My taste in humor has changed greatly over the years. In my younger years I found Mark Twain very funny. I picked Mark Twain as the author and subject of a high school paper. I read about five books of Twain's at that time, and several others later.

I remember reading that several school boards had banned this book, because it was offensive to blacks. I couldn't see that point of view at the time. Now I find several things offensive about this book. Twain writes about Tom and Huckleberry as youn ...more

Like · see review