Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By Mark Twain
Friendship weaves a tale that transcends time...
Following The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckberry "Huck" Finn invites us on a new journey in the heartland of 19th century America, where boundless adventures awaits on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River. Put under the strict care of the Widow Douglas, who tries to teach him proper behavior and change his rebellious ways, Huck realizes he would rather spend his days exploring the great outdoors alongside his best friend, Tom.
After his father tries to steal his hard-earned fortune, Huck cleverly stages his own death and escapes on a journey down the river, where he reunited with Jim, the runaway slave desperately trying to reclaim his freedom. But when two grifters cross their path, claiming to be a King and a Duke, Huck and Jim will come face to face with a thirty-year-old family feud and have to fight the mighty river's unpredictable currents and thick fogs to stay united.
As the clutches of danger draw near, only one question remains:
Will Huck ever see his home again?
Join Huckleberry Finn as he plunges headfirst into his own adventure in this coming-of-age take about the power of friendship, courage, and the everlasting rebellious nature of youth.
James
By Percival Everett
A brilliant reimaging of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - both harrowing and ferociously funny - told from the enslaved Jim's point of view
When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim's agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first-century American literature.
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