HarperCollins is proud to introduce its new series of beloved, essential classics. "We said there’s no home like a raft, after all. In other places, you feel so confined and stifled, but not on a raft. You feel powerfully free, relaxed, and comfortable on a raft." Huck Finn escapes his alcoholic father by faking his own death, and thus begins his journey through the Deep South in search of independence and freedom. Along his travels, Huck meets an escaped slave, Jim, who is a wanted man, and together they journey down the Mississippi River. With its timeless and universal themes of prejudice, courage, and hope, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been regarded as the great American novel and will continue to be so.