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Huckleberry Finn 1884 River Almanac (IB DP1 & 5 VWO)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain’s 1884 unabridged text with synchronized audio and IB commentary.

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1884 E.W. Kemble frontispiece engraving of Huckleberry Finn
E.W. Kemble (1884 first edition): Huck in St. Petersburg before the 1,100-mile drift down the Mississippi.
Stage & Port Chapters River Mile
St. Petersburg, MO Ch. 1 to 7 Mile 0
Jackson’s Island Ch. 8 to 11 Mile 15
Cairo Fog & Feud Ch. 12 to 18 Mile 280
Duke & King Aboard Ch. 19 to 30 Mile 620
Phelps Farm Climax Ch. 31 to 43 Mile 1,100

Chapter 1

St. Petersburg: Civilizing Society (Ch. 1 to 7)

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1884 E.W. Kemble chapter engraving
E.W. Kemble (1884): Huck learning about Moses and the Bulrushers from the Widow Douglas.

You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.