{"product_id":"adventures-of-huckleberry-finn","title":"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in Britain in 1884 and in the United States in 1885, Mark Twain’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows a boy’s escape from the constraints of respectable society and his journey down the Mississippi River with Jim, an enslaved man fleeing captivity. Set in the antebellum American South, the novel unfolds through Huck’s distinctive vernacular voice, combining comic adventure with an unflinching portrait of a society shaped by slavery, prejudice and hypocrisy. As the pair travel along the river, Huck is forced to confront the conflict between the moral lessons he has been taught and his growing sense of what is right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA landmark of American literature, the novel transformed the possibilities of narrative voice through its use of regional speech, humour and a child’s uncertain perspective. Beneath its episodic adventures lies a searching examination of conscience, freedom and the contradictions of a nation founded on liberty while denying it to so many. Both a sequel to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and a work of far greater moral complexity, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains one of Twain’s most enduring and debated achievements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“You can't pray a lie — I found that out.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Mark Twain, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Ernest Hemingway, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreen Hills of Africa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64073006055754,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/0389\/8698\/files\/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-mark-twain-english-bookstore-paris.png?v=1792946716","url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/fr\/products\/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}