First published in 1884 as a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), thye novel is commonly recognized as one of the Great American Novels. It is among the first in major American literature to be written in the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer. The drifting journey of Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River on their raft is one of the most enduring images in American literature.
