A boy flees abuse and joins a runaway slave on a raft journey down the Mississippi, confronting antebellum society and moral questions.
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A boy flees abuse and joins a runaway slave on a raft journey down the Mississippi, confronting antebellum society and moral questions.
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Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in the town of Florida, Missouri, in 1835. When he was four years old, his family moved to Hannibal, a town on the Mississippi River much like the towns depicted in his two most famous novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).Clemens spent his young life in a fairly affluent family that owned a number of household slaves. The death of Clemens's father in 1847, however, left the family in hardship. Cleme...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
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Feuds, shootings, and physical abuse shown without graphic detail
Profanity
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Frequent racial slurs and period-appropriate strong language
Substance use
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Alcohol abuse depicted through a character's destructive drinking
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation
Religious content
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Religious practices and hypocrisy portrayed satirically
Magic & witchcraft
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Superstitions and folk beliefs referenced in passing
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content
Political content
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Central critique of slavery, racism, and social structures
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Slavery, child abuse, and systemic cruelty are major themes
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