| Although the author known as Mark Twain may | | | | blood feud between the Grangerfords and the |
| have preferred if we sought not to discern a plot | | | | Shepherdsons. Although Huck is saddened by the |
| in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, we could | | | | loss, he barely escapes becoming a victim of this |
| still make an attempt to reveal a summary of a | | | | conflict and reunites with Jim. |
| plot in his extensive narrative. This novel is a | | | | They continue to make their way down the river |
| continuation of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, | | | | and rescue two con men, who facetiously |
| in which Huckleberry Finn was a sidekick to the | | | | introduce themselves as the Duke and Dauphin |
| mischievous Sawyer. | | | | respectively. These two men add to the |
| Huck, somewhat wealthy from his previous | | | | adventures of Huck. The group witness the |
| adventures with Tom, resides with the Widow | | | | attempted lynching of a gentleman over the killing |
| Douglas. The widow and her sister try to civilize | | | | of a town drunk. |
| Finn, but he resists this attempt to change his | | | | The Duke and Dauphin also manage to hold a |
| nature. His father, Pap Finn, kidnaps Finn and takes | | | | three-night show with half-baked performances |
| him into the woods. Huck is unyielding to this | | | | on the first two nights. On the third night, long |
| change as well, being the free spirit that he is. | | | | before the crowd could deal them fresh fruits and |
| Huck escapes from his father's cabin, fakes his | | | | vegetables on the stage, they flee the town. The |
| own death, and travels down the Mississippi River. | | | | two show no disinclination for more serious fraud |
| At the beginning of his adventures, Huck meets | | | | either. They impersonate two British relatives of a |
| and befriends Jim- an escaped slave. After Huck | | | | deceased asset-rich man. When the con men |
| visits his old hometown, he and Jim make their | | | | start to liquidate the property and sell slaves, |
| way north into the free states to avoid Jim's | | | | Huck deliberately thwarts their unscrupulous plan. |
| recapture. During this journey, Huck begins to | | | | The four continue on the raft. The Dauphin |
| view Jim as a friend instead of just a slave. Jim | | | | captures Jim and sells him to none other than |
| and Huckleberry miss their destination and | | | | Tom Sawyer's uncle. Huck attempts to free him |
| inadvertently head further south, into pro-slavery | | | | once more and is conveniently mistaken for Tom |
| territory. | | | | by Tom's Aunt Sally. Tom arrives afterwards and |
| Soon after missing the stop-off, Huck and Jim are | | | | joins Huck in his scheme, posing as his own |
| separated by a passing steam ship. Huck receives | | | | brother. Jim decides to warn the townspeople |
| shelter from the prosperous Grangerfords. He | | | | about the stage act of the Duke and Dauphin |
| befriends Buck Grangerford; a boy of his age. | | | | before they can work their magic. The Duke and |
| This adventure turns into a misadventure as Huck | | | | Dauphin are subsequently chased out of town |
| sees Buck's corpse- a victim of a long-running | | | | (and the adventure) in disgrace. |