Het leven in Hannibal, een dorpje van minder dan tweeduizend inwoners aan de Mississippi, dat in De avonturen van Tom Sawyer Sint-Petersburg is gedoopt. De wereld van Twains jeugd, met haar trage leeftempo, gemoedelijkheid, kleinburgerlijke knusheid en plattelandsgezelligheid, is wellicht nergens beter beschreven dan in Tom Sawyer.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.' Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death and so begins his journey through the Deep South, seeking independence and freedom. On his travels, Huck meets an escaped slave, Jim, who is a wanted man, and together they journey down the Mississippi River. Raising the timeless and universal l issues of prejudice, bravery and hope, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was and still is considered the great American novel.