Why is Adventures of Huckleberry Finn considered a classic?

Mark Twain described a classic as “a book that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. read more

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is regarded by many as the greatest literary achievement America has yet produced. Featuring a child as the protagonist and narrator and using this child's voice - in the vernacular - is a first in American letters. read more

I’ve been reading it and reading about it for many years (I have even written a book about it), and the understanding I have gained of Huck’s world transforms my understanding of Mark Twain’s world and my own world. That, to me, is what makes Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a classic. read more

Huckleberry Finn: An American Classic, Past and Present The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is and has been one of the most widely praised, widely criticized novels of American Literature of all time. read more