The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter Summaries By Mark Twain

Chapter 1 Huck lives with the Widow Douglas Runs away, Tom Sawyer brings him back Miss Watson and the widow tutor him Huck talks about how the money in the cave made them rich Kills the spider Runs off with Tom

Chapter 2 Tom and Huck leave the house Jim hears them; falls asleep waiting for them Goes to the cave to be a part of Tom Sawyer's gang They become robbers; sign an oath in blood He goes back home

Chapter 3 Everyone quits the group They don't rob or kill anyone Tom Sawyer talks about genies Widow tells Huck about Providence

Chapter 4 Huck knocks over a salt shaker; scared for his luck Sells his money to Judge Thatcher for $1.00 Jim tells him his future Finds his father in his room

Chapter 5 Huck's father demands Huck's money and tells him to drop out of school Widow and Judge Thatcher try to get Huck away from his father New judge takes Huck's dad in and makes him a new man Dad gets drunk, breaks his arm

Chapter 6 Pap takes Huck across the Illinois border They live in a cabin; Huck has no way to escape Pap tries to kill Huck, thinking he is an evil spirit

Chapter 7 Finds a canoe Decides to escape Leaves a trail so people will think he was killed Takes everything from the cabin Leaves in the canoe Arrives at Jackson Island

Chapter 8 Huck finds Jim on the island Jim tells Huck how he ran away from Miss Watson Jim tells Huck about good luck and bad luck and how he used to be rich but lost all his money

Chapter 9 Finds the cave A big storm floods the island Jim tells Huck about the ghost Finds the house floating in the water Finds a dead man inside the house Removes items from the house

Chapter 10 Huck touches snake skin Leaves dead snake on Jim's bed Snake's mate bites Jim Jim gets sick for a few days; gets better Huck dresses up as a girl and practices how to act Huck goes to town

Chapter 11 Huck goes to a woman's house and pretends he is a girl Woman tells him her husband is going to Jackson Island to look for Jim Discovers he is not a girl Tells him she will help him Huck returns to the island and warns Jim They pack up their camp and leave

Chapter 12 Huck and Jim leave the island behind Find a wrecked boat Huck learns that the people on the boat are murderers Huck and Jim's raft floats away and they become trapped on the boat

Chapter 13 Huck and Jim get trapped on the wreck They steal the skiff Huck tells the watchman about the murderers on the wreck Jim and Huck rest on an island

Chapter 14 Huck and Jim hide Huck talks about kings Discuss “Sollermun” and his “million wives” Huck and Jim argue about different languages

Chapter 15 The raft gets free and floats away Huck goes after Jim and the raft Huck plays a trick on Jim and tells him it was just a dream Jim gets hurt, Huck is ashamed

Chapter 16 Looking for Cairo Huck climbs onto a boat Men fight, tell ghost stories Huck thinks about ratting out Jim Gets $40 from two men Doesn't rat out Jim Loses the canoe Cannot find Cairo Raft gets destroyed Huck cannot find Jim

Chapter 17 Huck stumbles into someone's yard People allow him to stay Huck likes their company Their dead daughter wrote poetry and drew pictures Huck wants to write a poem for her

Chapter 18 Talked about the family Buck tries to kill Harney Sheperdson Sophia Grangerford has Huck go and get her Testament book Huck finds Jim Sophia and Harney get married; run off Grangerfords and Sheperdsons kill each other Huck and Jim leave

Chapter 19 Hide on another island Run into two men who are being chased down One man claims he is the Duke of Bridgewater The other says he is the Dauphin of France

Chapter 20 They get caught in a storm Huck, the king, and the duke go to a town They find a camp meeting King reveals he was a pirate for 30 years and is going to convert all pirates Find a reward for Jim Decide to tie him up in the day so that they can travel both days and nights

Chapter 21 Practice their Shakespeare performance Go to a town A man named Boggs goes on a drunken rampage Another man kills Boggs Townspeople want to kill the man

Chapter 22 Mob goes to Sherburn's house Sherburn calls them cowards Huck goes to the circus Drunken man rides horse; takes off 17 suits, turns out to be one of the circus people No one goes to the Shakespeare show Duke changes up the show

Chapter 23 King and Duke make a new show Sell tickets to the show People hate the show because it's very short Perform the show first night and second night Run away on the third so the people can't hurt them Jim tells Huck how his daughter had scarlet fever and it made her deaf

Chapter 24 Dress Jim up as an Arab Go to another town Meet a man Man tells them how he was waiting for another man to arrive Tells them how the man's brother just died King and Duke pretend to be the man with other people

Chapter 25 People in town think the King and the Duke are the dead man's brothers Take them to the daughters They make a big scene about the dead man; everyone cries Invite people to dinner Give all the money to the daughters Doctor comes -- says they are frauds No one believes him

Chapter 26 -Huck stays in a cubby Tells Joanna about England She does not believe some of the things he says Mary Jane and Susan stand up for Huck Huck feels guilty Decides to steal the money back from the King and Duke and will hide it from them

Chapter 27 Huck hides the money in the coffin There is a funeral and the body is buried King sells the slaves, breaking up the family Girls are heartbroken King and Duke ask Huck if he’s been in their room Huck tells them he saw the slaves in there a couple of times

Chapter 28 Mary Jane upset about the slaves Huck tells her everything Mary Jane agrees to leave for the day so the frauds can't leave Huck tells other sisters that Mary Jane is visiting a friend Auction Actual uncles show up

Chapter 29 Townspeople try to figure out who the real brothers are Ask them questions Real brother tells them there is a tattoo on their dead brother's chest Dig up the grave Huck makes a run for it Finds Jim King and duke catch up with them

Chapter 30 King and Duke board the raft King shakes Huck King and Duke fight Get drunk and fall asleep Huck tells Jim everything

Chapter 31 The King sells Jim Huck takes the raft and the canoe and hides them Duke tells Huck that Jim is in Lafayette (he's really at Silas Phelps' place) Huck goes after Jim

Chapter 32 Huck goes to the Phelps' farm Family finds him Thinks he is Tom Sawyer Huck goes to town to find Tom

Chapter 33 Tom Sawyer comes to the house Kisses his aunt -- she is angry Tells her he is Sid Sawyer (Tom's brother) Huck and Tom go to town King and Duke are tarred and feathered

Chapter 34 Huck and Tom notice that one of the slaves takes vittles to a shed Huck and Tom think Jim is there Make a plan to help Jim escape Slave takes them to Jim Slave tells them witches harass him

Chapter 35 Tom wants to make Jim's escape very interesting Huck thinks Tom is overdoing the escape Tom explains how everything will work Huck steals knives for escape

Chapter 36 Huck and Tom dig a hole and get into Jim's holding place Tell Jim about the plan Tell Nat (a slave) that to keep the witches away, he must make a witch pie for Jim Boys put things into pie to help Jim escape

Chapter 37 Aunt Sally is going crazy because everything is disappearing Huck and Tom make the pie for Jim

Chapter 38 Plan how to make Jim's coat of arms Draw inscriptions on rocks Tom tells Jim he needs a prison pet like a snake or a rat Tom tells him to plant a flower and water it with his tears

Chapter 39 Rats and snakes get loose in the house Aunt Sally is in a fit Jim is unable to sleep with the rodents Huck and Tom start scaring the family with pictures in blood and anonymous letters

Chapter 40 Huck and Tom start to leave Huck is caught Sees men with guns Huck, Tom and Jim run They are chased after They escape Tom gets shot in the calf Huck goes to fetch a doctor

Chapter 41 Huck gets the doctor Wakes up and sees they are gone – goes looking for them Runs into Uncle Silas Has dinner with other farmers Tom is still missing Everyone is scared

Chapter 42 Tom is brought home Jim is locked away Tom tells Aunt Sally about setting Jim free Aunt Polly comes – tells Aunt Sally Jim is free and reveals Tom and Huck’s true identity

Chapter the Last Jim is freed Tom wants to go on Indian territory Huck learns his father is dead and he does not need to worry about him trying to steal his money