When Henry Miller was asked if there could be a sequel to Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, he replied “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” His seemingly odd response suggests the pure American-ness of Twain’s masterpiece. This is one of those books that we all supposed to read in school. But did we get it? The story of a boy floating down the Mississippi river with a runaway slave that that has become the ultimate tale of freedom. Read it again for the first time.
Author
Mark Twain
Genre
Picaresque novel
Publish date
10 December, 1884
Country
United States