Of all the contenders for the title of The Great American Novel, none has a better claim than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Intended at first as a simple story of a boys adventures in the Mississippi Valley - a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - the book grew and matured under Twains hand into a work of immeasurable richness and complexity. More than a centur Of all the contenders for the title of The Great American Novel, none has a better claim than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Intended at first as a simple story of a boys adventures in the Mississippi Valley - a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - the book grew and matured under Twains hand into a work of immeasurable richness and complexity. More than a century after its publication, the critical debate over the symbolic significance of Hucks and Jims voyage is still fresh, and it remains a major work that can be enjoyed at many levels: as an incomparable adventure story and as a classic of American humor.