Referring to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, H. L. Mencken noted that his discovery of this classic American novel was "the most stupendous event of my whole life"; Ernest Hemingway declared that "all modern American literature stems from this one book," while T. S. Eliot called Huck "one of the permanent symbolic figures of fiction, not unworthy to take a place with Ulysses, Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Hamlet."The novel's preeminence derives from its wonderfully imaginative re-creation of boyhood adventures along the Mississippi River, its inspired characterization, the author's remarkable ear for dialogue, and the book's understated development of serious underlying themes: "natural" man versus "civilized" society, the evils of slavery, the innate value and dignity of human beings, and other topics. Most of all, Huckleberry Finn is a wonderful story, filled with high adventure and unforgettable characters." I 1(2) II 3(5) III 8(3) IV 11(3) V 14(3) VI 17(5) VII 22(5) VIII 27(9) IX 36(3) X 39(2) XI 41(6) XII 47(6) XIII 53(4) XIV 57(3) XV 60(5) XVI 65(7) XVII 72(7) XVIII 79(9) XIX 88(7) XX 95(7) XXI 102(7) XXII 109(5) XXIII 114(4) XXIV 118(5) XXV 123(6) XXVI 129(6) XXVII 135(5) XXVIII 140(7) XXIX 147(8) XXX 155(3) XXXI 158(7) XXXII 165(4) XXXIII 169(6) XXXIV 175(5) XXXV 180(5) XXXVI 185(4) XXXVII 189(5) XXXVIII 194(5) XXXIX 199(4) XL 203(5) XLI 208(5) XLII 213(6) Chapter the last 219