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I Discover Moses and the Bulrushers
Huck Finn reintroduces himself to readers, picking up where Tom Sawyer left off. He's living with the Widow Douglas, who is trying to civilize him through schooling, religion, and…
Our Gang's Dark Oath
Tom Sawyer leads Huck and a group of boys in forming a secret gang with a dramatic blood oath. Tom insists the gang will commit robberies and murders based on rules from adventure…
We Ambuscade the A-rabs
The gang goes on their first 'raid,' which turns out to be an attack on a Sunday school picnic rather than a caravan of Arabs and elephants as Tom had promised.
The Hair-ball Oracle
Huck notices signs that Pap has been around the house, confirmed by muddy boot prints in the snow. Frightened, Huck goes to Jim, who is enslaved by Miss Watson, and asks him to co…
Pap Starts in on a New Life
Pap confronts Huck about going to school and getting money, seeing both as threats to his authority. He drags Huck before Judge Thatcher to try to get the money, but the judge ref…
He Went for Judge Thatcher
Pap drags Huck back into his life, suing Judge Thatcher for Huck's money and fighting the new judge's attempts to reform him.
I Fool Pap and Get Away
Huck executes a clever escape plan: he fakes his own murder, stages a bloody crime scene in the cabin, and slips away by canoe to Jackson's Island.
I Spare Miss Watson's Jim
Huck discovers that Jim, Miss Watson's enslaved man, is also hiding on Jackson's Island—Jim ran away after overhearing that Miss Watson planned to sell him south.
The House of Death Floats By
A massive flood sends a frame house floating down the river past Jackson's Island. Huck and Jim paddle out to explore it and find a dead man inside, shot in the back.
What Comes of Handlin' Snake-skin
Huck handles a dead rattlesnake skin as a prank, which Jim considers terrible luck. The bad luck arrives quickly: a live snake bites Jim on the heel.
They're After Us!
Huck disguises himself as a girl and visits a woman in town to gather information. The woman sees through his disguise but plays along, eventually revealing that people suspect bo…
Better Let Blame Well Alone
Huck and Jim travel downriver on the raft, falling into a comfortable routine and enjoying their freedom. Huck starts to feel guilty about helping Jim escape but pushes the feelin…
Honest Loot from the 'Walter Scott'
Huck and Jim find the criminals' skiff tied to the wreck and take it, along with the loot inside. They drift away and Huck begins to feel bad about leaving the criminals stranded…
Was Solomon Wise?
Huck and Jim relax on the raft and go through their haul from the Walter Scott, finding books and other goods. Huck reads to Jim about royalty and history, which leads to a long a…
Fooling Poor Old Jim
Huck and Jim are trying to reach Cairo, Illinois, where Jim can find freedom in a non-slave state. A thick fog separates them, with Huck in the canoe and Jim on the raft.
The Rattlesnake-skin Does Its Work
Huck and Jim float closer to Cairo, the point where Jim hopes to gain his freedom by reaching a free state. Huck wrestles intensely with his conscience about helping a runaway sla…
The Grangerfords Take Me In
After swimming ashore, Huck is taken in by the Grangerford family, a wealthy and seemingly refined Southern clan. He adopts a fake identity and settles into their home, admiring t…
Why Harney Rode Away for His Hat
Huck learns the full story of the Grangerford-Shepherdson feud, a generations-long blood rivalry that nobody can fully explain anymore.
The Duke and the King
Back on the raft and relieved to be free of the Grangerfords, Huck and Jim pick up two con men fleeing angry locals. The older man claims to be a displaced king, and the younger c…
What Royalty Did to Parkville
The duke and king continue to assert control over life on the raft, forcing Huck and Jim into uncomfortable arrangements.
An Arkansaw Difficulty
Huck and Jim drift into a small Arkansas river town where the duke and king plan to perform Shakespeare. The town is a rundown, miserable place full of loafers.
Why the Lynching Bee Failed
The angry mob marches to Sherburn's house to lynch him, but Sherburn steps onto his porch and delivers a scathing speech that shames and disperses the crowd.
The Orneriness of Kings
The duke and king's Shakespeare show fails, so they switch to advertising a scandalous show called the Royal Nonesuch, promising it is not suitable for women and children.
The King Turns Parson
The king gets a local man on a steamboat to tell him all about a family in town named Wilks, whose brother Peter has just died and left an inheritance.
All Full of Tears and Flapdoodle
The king and duke continue their impersonation of the Wilks brothers, performing elaborate grief and winning over the whole town.
I Steal the King's Plunder
Huck grows increasingly uncomfortable watching the king and duke deceive the Wilks family. He decides to take action by stealing the bag of gold coins the con men have hidden, pla…
Dead Peter Has His Gold
The funeral takes place and Peter Wilks is buried with the gold still hidden in his coffin. Huck is unsure whether the money was discovered before burial.
Overreaching Don't Pay
Mary Jane Wilks, the eldest sister, discovers that the enslaved family members who were sold will likely be reunited, which brings her some comfort.
I Light Out in the Storm
The townspeople try to sort out which set of men are the real Wilks brothers. The situation escalates when someone suggests digging up Peter Wilks's body to check for a tattoo tha…
The Gold Saves the Thieves
Back on the raft, the king and duke argue bitterly over who stole the gold from their hiding spot, each accusing the other.
You Can't Pray a Lie
Huck reaches a moral crisis when he realizes the King and Duke have sold Jim back into slavery. He tries to pray for forgiveness so he can turn Jim in, but finds he cannot do it h…
I Have a New Name
Huck arrives at the Phelps farm, where Jim is being held. He is mistaken for Tom Sawyer by Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas Phelps, who are Tom's relatives and were expecting him for a…
The Pitiful Ending of Royalty
Tom Sawyer arrives at the Phelps farm and agrees to help Huck free Jim, taking on the identity of his own brother Sid Sawyer.
We Cheer Up Jim
Tom and Huck discover where Jim is being held — in a small shed on the Phelps property. Tom immediately begins devising an elaborate, overly complicated escape plan inspired by ad…
Dark, Deep-laid Plans
Tom lays out his full, absurdly complicated escape plan for Jim, drawing on scenes from adventure novels and tales of famous prisoners.
Trying to Help Jim
Huck and Tom attempt to dig Jim out of his shed prison using case knives, but the work is so slow and painful that Tom eventually agrees to use picks instead, insisting they will…
Jim Gets His Witch-pie
Tom and Huck steal supplies from the Phelps household to support Jim's escape, including a shirt for Jim to keep a journal on and ingredients for a rope-ladder pie.
Here a Captive Heart Busted
Tom insists that Jim must follow all the proper conventions of a prisoner in a romance novel: he must inscribe mournful messages on a rock, keep a plant to water with his tears, a…
Tom Writes Nonnamous Letters
To add more drama to the escape, Tom sends a series of anonymous warning letters to the Phelps family, pretending there is a gang of outlaws planning to steal Jim.
A Mixed-up and Splendid Rescue
The escape attempt finally happens, but it turns into a chaotic chase. Jim, Huck, and Tom flee through the darkness while a crowd of armed farmers pursues them.
Must 'a' Been Spirits
Huck goes to get help after Tom is shot, but the townspeople are suspicious and confused about what happened at the Phelps farm.
Why They Didn't Hang Jim
Tom is brought back to the Phelps farm on a mattress, delirious from his wound. The doctor speaks up for Jim, explaining that Jim sacrificed his own freedom to help care for Tom d…
Nothing More to Write
In this brief concluding chapter, Tom recovers fully and gives Jim a gift of money to make up for the ordeal. Jim tells Huck that the dead man they found floating on the wrecked h…
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