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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Paper book: €46.99

Digital: €12.99

Original publication
1884
Bilingual edition
12 June 2026
Pages
780
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Adventure, Children's Literature, Travel Writing
Moods
Escape it all, Have a laugh, Be moved to tears
Translated from
English

Book summary

To escape his father, a violent drunkard, and the widow who wants to turn him into a well-behaved boy, Huckleberry Finn fakes his own death. He travels down the Mississippi on a raft with Jim, a runaway slave. Along the river they meet swindlers, feuding families and towns full of danger.

In his own boyish words, Huck tells the story of a friendship that overturns everything he has been taught. Hemingway said that all modern American literature comes from this book.

With the translation always in front of you, Huck's colourful way of talking and his adventures are a pleasure to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

A boy on the run. Huck Finn lives by the Mississippi, with a widow who wants to turn him into a well-behaved boy. School and good manners stifle him.

The world of the book

On the Mississippi, around 1840. The book takes place along the Mississippi, the great river of the United States. Big steamboats pass by day and night. At that time, slavery is legal in the region: Black men and women…

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