The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn, an uneducated outcast boy of about the age of thirteen, is tired of his imperious father's abuse; Widow Douglas, a kind but stifling woman who had adopted him; and of the self righteous Miss Watson, sister of Widow Douglas. "Huck" escapes to Jackson's Island where he meets Jim, the runaway slave.
Huck and Jim drift down the Mississippi River on a raft in order to reach Cairo, where Jim hopes to find a steamboat that would take him to freedom. During the journey, Huck encounters a variety of characters- notably two con men who call themselves the King and the Duke- and types representing almost every class living on or along the river. After a series of adventures, showing violence, cruelty, cowardice, falsity and corruption, the King and the Duke commit their worst crime yet: they sell Jim to a local farmer, telling him Jim is a runaway slave for whom a large reward is being offered. Huck finds out where Jim is being held and resolves to free him.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a continuation of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by the same author; Mark Twain.