The Adventures of

HUCKLEBERRY

FINN

BY MARK TWAIN

with Illustrations by

Richard Sparks

The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written

COLLECTOR'S EDITION BOUND IN GENUINE LEATHER

The Easton Press

NORWALK, CONNECTICUT


"The story of Huck and his companion Jim, a runaway slave, as they travel down the Mississippi to escape from slavery and ""sivilization"" has been delighting readers around the world since Twain first published it in 1885. Simply put, it is a masterpiece: revolutionary in its narrative method, surpassingly funny, and at the same time deeply perceptive about human nature. No other American novel of the nineteenth century still commands so vast an audience, and certainly no other retains the capacity to stir controversy with its sharp satire on American racism. 

Of all the contenders for the title of The Great American Novel, none has a better claim than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Intended at first as a simple story of a boy's adventures in the Mississippi Valley - a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - the book grew and matured under Twain's hand into a work of immeasurable richness and complexity."

Bookplate insert included