Showing results for title "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", by author "Mark Twain" in All Categories

The real Wilks brothers and the fake Wilks brothers are brought to a tavern. They are all asked to sign a piece of paper to compare signatures. The duke and dauphin temporarily talk their way out of the situation. The real Harvey Wilks comments on the deceased's tattoo. To resolve the conflict, Peter Wilks' coffin is opened. The crowd is shocked to see the $6,000 in the coffin. In the uproar, Huck escapes to the raft. He and Jim celebrate until they notice the duke and the dauphin are about to overtake them on their own boat.

Huck feels guilty for letting the duke and dauphin swindle the kind sisters. He vows to get them their money back and hides in the duke's room. The two enter, and Huck overhears them talking about getting all the Wilks' property. Huck steals the money.

Sally notices missing tablecloths and silverware. She suspects everyone but Tom and Huck.

Huck finds a doctor and sends him to Tom. Huck runs into Silas, who takes him home. The neighborhood is discussing the strange contents of the shed and marvel at the skill of the desperados.

The mob heads to the shooter's house, where he delivers a speech on cowardice. The crowd disperses. Only 12 people attend the duke's Shakespeare show, and they jeer him the entire time. The duke and dauphin advertise for their next show, at which no children or women are permitted.

The Duke and the Dauphin inquire about Jim. Huck claims they travel at night because he's tired of so many people asking if Jim is a runaway slave. The dauphin and the duke attend a revival meeting. The dauphin claims he is a reformed pirate, soon to be returning to the Indian Ocean as a missionary. The revivalists take up a collection for the dauphin. While in town, the duke takes over a deserted printing shop.

Jim and Huck steal the robbers' getaway boat. Huck feels bad and goes to shore for help. Jim and Huck abandon the robbers' getaway boat and go to sleep.

Huck discovers that Pap is suspected for Huck's murder, and a $200 reward has been offered to find him. There's a $300 bounty for Jim. The lady's husband says she saw smoke on Jackson's Island, and her husband is going there tonight to get Jim. The lady discovers Huck is a boy and promises she won't turn him in. Huck returns to the island to warn Jim.

Jim and Huck go through the items salvaged from the robbers' boat. Huck tells Jim stories about kings and queens. Jim expresses his dislike for adventures, pointing out that they could get him killed or captured.

Huck's conscience troubles him on account of his helping the widow's "property" escape and he resolves to turn Jim in. When Jim tells Huck he's his only friend and the only one that hasn't lied to him, Huck changes his mind. Huck encounters two men who want to search Huck's raft for a runaway slave. Huck concocts a story about his family having small pox, and the two change their mind. Huck and Jim's canoe is stolen, and their raft is destroyed by a steamboat.

As they head for the Ohio River, Huck and Jim get separated by a thick fog. Huck finally rejoins Jim, who is sleeping. He tells Jim that he dreamed the entire incident. When Jim notices the debris on the raft, he realizes the truth and is upset. Huck apologizes.

Huck is saved by the dogs' owner. Huck introduces himself as George Jackson and creates an elaborate story. He learns of a feud between this family and the Sheperdsons. The family, the Grangerfords, let Huck stay with them.

Buck Grangerford tries to shoot a Shepherdson. He tells Huck about their feuding families but can't remember why the two are fighting. One of the Grangerford slaves leads Huck into the woods where Jim is waiting. Huck learns that Sophia Grangerford has run off with Haney Shepherdson. Huck then finds Buck and another Grangerford in the woods having a gun fight with two Shepherdsons. Buck and his friend are killed. Huck and Jim leave.

Back on their raft, Huck and Jim pick up two strangers. They pretend to be royalty. Huck and Jim wait on them, calling them "your majesty" and other titles. Huck realizes they're lying but doesn't want to cause trouble and continues with the charade.

The duke and the dauphin, after a night of drinking, wake up and practice scenes from Shakespeare, which they mess up. They stop at a town in Arkansas, where they see a man shot in front of his daughter, followed by a lynch mob chasing the shooter.

Huck and Jim float down the Mississippi for a few days. They spot a boat, and Huck, looking for an adventure, decides he and Jim should hop aboard. They overhear two robbers threatening to kill a third. Jim and Huck's raft breaks loose and floats away.

Huck's Pap is angry that Huck has learned how to read. He goes to Judge Thatcher's and demands Huck's money. The widow tries to adopt Huck, but the new judge in town doesn't want to separate a father and son. The new judge takes Pap into his home to reform him. Pap fakes his reformation and gets drunk again.

Huck now lives with the widow Douglas but hates it and runs away. Tom Sawyer convinces him to return so he can join their gang. All attempts to "civilize" Huck fail. The chapter ends with Huck and Tom meeting outside Huck's window.

A ferry searches for Huck's body the next morning on account of his "murder". Huck feels guilty for causing pain to those who care for him. Huck relaxes for three days. On day four he finds Jim, who thinks Huck's a ghost. Huck is happy to find company until he discovers that Jim is a runaway slave.

Pap wakes up and sends Huck to check for fish. Huck finds a canoe and hides it. When Pap leaves, Huck finishes sawing his way out of the cabin and fakes his own death by slaughtering a pig and smearing the blood in the cabin. He paddles the canoe to Jackson's Island.