After faking his own death (an action that unintentionally puts James under suspicion), Huck begs to come along, offering to pretend to be Jim's owner. This alliance launches a delirious odyssey ...

Early in Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” novel, set in the 1840s along the Mississippi River, Huck, a semi-educated poor white teenager plays a mean trick on Jim, an illiterate Black runaway ...

In the book, which may be his best yet, the story of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is narrated by the enslaved character Jim rather than Huck Finn. The lead character ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Mark Twain Annual Vol. 18, No. 1, 2020 Huck and Jim's Island Time in Adventures... Huck and Jim's Island Time in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and ...

Percival Everett has won the National Book Award for Fiction for his novel “James,” a retelling of Mark Twain’s classic “Huckleberry Finn.” Published in March to widespread critical ...