First Edition, 1884
Hemingway thought that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the inauguration of American literature, so highly did he respect the original voice and narrative genius of Mark Twain, displayed in this, his most famous novel.
KumKum, Gopa, Priya
The
story is about young Huck Finn escaping the disciplined life of home
and the cruelties of his father, to raft down the Mississippi with an
escaped slave, Jim, who belonged to his benefactor's sister, Miss
Watson. Their adventures on the river are numerous, some hair-raising,
many humorous (such as the charlatans who pretend to be King and Duke
in order to dupe people at country fairs).
Sunil, KumKum, Gopa
Jim
himself provides much entertainment in passages, two of which were read: the
'Sollermun' episode and the Jim's take on good-luck signs. Though he
is shown in places as simple-minded and ready to believe in witches,
yet Jim has the earthy good-sense of honest working men everywhere. He loves
Huck Finn and the love is returned as Huck makes the central
decision: whether to turn in Jim as an escaped slave, or let him follow his good-luck to freedom and a family reunion.
A Huck Finn version which removes the N-word
The
fun the readers had could be best measured in the laughter ringing
out of the CYC library. Adept as KRG readers are to find humour in
the darkest of novels by employing side narratives of their own, this novel
did not need any external injections of wit whatever. One only had to be open to
the abundance of drollery Mark Twain had fashioned, two fathoms
deep on every other page.
Here is the group who attended, minus Gopa, Kavita, and Priya who had to leave early.
Pamela, KumKum, Preeti, Sunil, Joe
