About the book
In 1840s St. Petersburg, Missouri, young Huck Finn has come into money from the treasure found in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and lives under the guardianship of Miss Watson and her sister, the Widow Douglas. When his violent, drunken father, Pap, tries to seize the fortune and locks him in a remote cabin, Huck fakes his own death and escapes to Jackson's Island. There he runs into Jim, who has run from Miss Watson after learning she plans to sell him, and the two set off down the Mississippi on a raft toward the free state of Illinois. Mark Twain tells the story in Huck's own vernacular voice, and the book often satirizes entrenched attitudes, racism above all.
Richard Branson included it in his list of 65 books to read in a lifetime, and Michael Voss, co-author of B.S. Incorporated, named it his favorite Twain novel for its acerbic wit, social observation and regional dialects.
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This book has 3 recommendations
Recommended by Richard Branson (Founder/Virgin Group)
Ovidiu Drugan (Owner/Set Sail Nautic School)
Question: What books had the biggest impact on you?
Answer:
- Dune – Frank Herbert
- Write It Down, Make It Happen – Henriette Anne Klauser
- Two years vacations – Jules Verne (and all the well known books) – navigation & cast away story
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
- Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain (and Tom Sawyer) – river expedition
- The Foundation Cycle – Isaac Asimov
- War books – Sven Hassel – changed the way I see the army, conflicts, war
- Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky – any crime comes with inner suffering so better not do it
- Nansen, Kon-Tiki, Expedition Ra – all expedition books form north pole to across the oceans with ships or rafts
Michael Voss (Co-author/B.S. Incorporated)
I enjoy nearly everything Mark Twain ever wrote, but my favorite is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This novel showcases Twain at the top of his game in terms of acerbic wit, sharp societal observations and the use of regional dialects - for which he initially garnered great criticism, before the passage of time enabled critics to understand and acknowledge its authenticity.
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