<p>Huck Finn is an orphaned drifter who loves freedom more than respectability. He isn’t above lying and stealing but he faces a battle with his conscience when he meets up with a runaway slave named Jim who provides him with his first experiences of love acceptance and a sense of responsibility.</p> <p>The title character of this famous novel tells his own story in a straightforward narrative laced with shrewd sharp comments on human nature. The boy’s adventures along the Mississippi River provide a framework for a series of moral lessons revelations of a corrupt society and contrasts between innocence and hypocrisy. The colorful cast of characters—including the crafty grifters the Duke and the King—help make this a memorable classic.</p>