美国文学读书报告.doc

外国语学院《美国文学》课程
文学经典阅读·英文写作实践
读书报告

An analysis of major characters in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
对《哈克贝利芬历险记》中
主要人物的分析
指导教师:许晓琴教授、博士
学生姓名: 李红玲
班级:09级英语本科5班
学号:09310316
完成日期:2012年4月28日
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
I. Basic Information
Name of the book: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Publishing house: Tor Classics
Publishing time : 1989-01
ISBN: 081250422
Reading date: Winter vacation, 2012
II. Introduction to the author
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is extensively quoted. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists and European royalty.
Twain toured New Zealand, Australia, India, and South Africa. He wrote such books as The Tragedy Of Pudd'head Wilson (1884), Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc (1885), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and the travel book Following The Equator (1897).
III. Summary of the novel
Huckleberry Finn, stays in St Petersburg along the Mississippi under the guidance of Widow Doglus. She and her sister Miss Wastson try to size up Huck into civilization. Huck, rich after his adventure with Tom