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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about 20 years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism.

Esta novela constituye no solo la culminación de la narrativa de Mark Twain, sino también una de las obras maestras, junto a Moby Dick, de la novela norteamericana. Clásico entre los clásicos, Mark Twain, con su sentido del humor y su prosa ágil, precisa y soleada, nos lleva al río Mississippi abajo de la mano del inolvidable Huck Finn, que va en busca de la libertad junto a Jim, un muchacho negro que quiere escapar de la esclavitud.

Audie Award-winning narrator Johnny Heller is Huckleberry Finn in this brand-new edition of the classic American story. Huck's understanding of the world around him evolves as he and Jim, a runaway slave, travel the Mississippi River. A coming-of-age journey for both Huck and listeners alike for over 100 years and counting.

The duke and dauphin arrive in the next town, pretending to be the brothers of a man who has recently deceased who has left a large sum of money. Huck is ashamed.

The duke and dauphin win the hearts of the townspeople and are given $6,000 to invest as they see fit. Doctor Robinson claims the two men are frauds, but nobody believes him. Huck is disgusted.

The duke and dauphin play to a full house, an angry full house on account of them getting ripped off by such a short performance. All those at the opening night decide to tell the rest of the town how great the show is, so they won't feel stupid about being the only ones ripped off. The second night is also packed. On the third night, angry men from the first two nights arrive to hurt the duke and the dauphin who escape with Huck and Jim after receiving a large sum of money.

The duke and the dauphin attempt several unsuccessful scams. Huck escapes to the raft and finds Jim missing. Huck discovers that the dauphin sold Jim to a farmer named Silas Phelps for $40. Huck, despite his own moral objections, resolves to steal Jim back. Huck runs into the duke posting fliers for his show. Duke tells Huck that Jim's 40 miles away.

Huck hides the money in Peter Wilks' coffin. The coffin is sealed at the funeral, and Huck doesn't know whether or not the duke got the money back or if it's still there. He vows to write Mary when he leaves town to let her know. The duke and the dauphin sell the family's estate and slaves, breaking up a family. Huck is relieved in knowing the family will be reunited as soon as the fraud is discovered.

Tom and Huck use pickaxes to get their way to Jim, who is happy to see them but confused by their complicated plan.

Huck intercepts a shocked Tom before he arrives at the Phelps. Tom agrees to help Huck free Jim. Huck and Tom sneak out of the house that night and witness the duke and the dauphin being tarred and feathered and run out of town.

Aunt Polly and the Phelpses set Jim free and treat him like a king. Tom repays him with $40 dollars. Tom heals. Huck finds out the dead man on the boat was his father.

Tom and Huck capture rats and snakes to make Jim's rescue more dramatic. They accidentally infest the house with them. Tom writes letters from an unknown friend to the Phelpses. The terrifying letters mention a band of robbers coming to set Jim free.

The letter alerts local farmers, who gather with shotguns. The farmers attack the shed, containing Jim, Tom, and Huck. The three escape. Tom receives a bullet wound in the leg.

Huck arrives at the Phelps', where he is warmly greeted. The Phelps assume Huck is their nephew, Tom, Tom Sawyer, whose arrival is expected.

Tom recalls seeing food being taken to the shed, which he surmises is where Jim is being kept. Huck decides to steal the key and escape with Jim in the night. Tom ridicules Huck and comes up with an elaborate plan that could get them killed. Huck is shocked at Tom's willingness to help a slave escape. The two decide to dig Jim out of the shed.

Tom is brought in, half conscious, with the doctor and Jim, who is chained and put back in the shed. The doctor extols Jim's behavior, who sacrificed his freedom to save Tom. Tom wakes up, dismayed that Jim has been chained, relating to those in attendance that the widow Douglas died two months prior and set Jim free in her will. Tom's Aunt Polly arrives to sort out the mess.

Tom complains that SIlas has not guarded Jim well enough. He creates obstacles to make the escape more daring.

After nearly strangling Huck for deserting them, the duke and the dauphin blame each other for losing the money.

Tom continues creating senseless obstacles.

Huck finds Mary Jane crying over the separation of the slave family. Huck tells her the truth about the duke and instructs her to go to a friend's house. Later that day, two men, the actual Wilks brothers, interrupt the auctioning of the family's estate.