Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 21 to 25

"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 21 to 25" by Mark Twain is a section from a picaresque novel first published in 1884-1885. Following young Huck Finn's journey down the Mississippi River with Jim, an escaped slave, these chapters continue their encounters with two con men—the self-proclaimed "King" and "Duke." The swindlers drag Huck and Jim into increasingly elaborate schemes, including a fraudulent impersonation of dead man's relatives to steal an inheritance from orphaned girls. Huck must navigate moral dilemmas while trying to protect the innocent.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 21 to 25, by Mark Twain. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #7104.