Mark Twain



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American writer and humorist Mark Twain demonstrated an uncanny understanding of childhood and human nature, often writing in the vernacular of the American South. Twain’s biting social and political satires reflect his abhorrence of social and moral injustices. In the moral climax of Mark Twain’s quintessential American novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (recited by an actor), Huck is deciding to help Jim, a runaway slave, escape.

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Novel; American Literature; Children's Literature; Twain, Mark

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