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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Start date: July 1, 2017

Finish date: July 31, 2017

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Sep 10, 2016 Michael Finocchiaro rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, novels, classics, american-19th-c, kids, fiction

More mature and longer than its cousin, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn remains an incredible kid's story of initiation and adventure. Yes, there is some racial stereotypes in the depiction of Jim, but let's give Mark Twain the benefit of the doubt that he is trying to tell a good story and is sympathetic to the anti-slavery movement. An amazing tale that has not aged a bit! ...more

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Nov 03, 2014 ~☆~Autumn rated it it was amazing

This is far far better than I remembered. I even got a few laughs which is rare for me. Highly recommended.

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Jan 19, 2015 Caroline marked it as to-read

Feb 10, 2015 Duncan Campbell rated it it was amazing

Jul 19, 2015 Mary Pop-In rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-as-a-kid, read-from-libraries

Jul 22, 2015 Rachel rated it it was amazing

Quite possibly the best book of all time. The voice of huckleberry as though he is speaking directly to the reader is one of the most ingenious and effective ways to get my attention and maintain it throughout. The book was fun and it's always great so see the good triumph over evil, racism at the time being so broadly ignored, here it is dealt with in a brilliant way, huck knows how Jim is being treated is wrong and he feels for him though he doesn't know why as if he was to listen to the views ...more

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