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Chapter 31: The duke and the dauphin attempt several unsuccessful scams.Huck escapes to the raft and finds Jim missing. Huck discovers that the dauphinsold Jim to a farmer named Silas Phelps for $40. Huck, despite his own moralobjections, resolves to steal Jim back. Huck runs into the duke posting fliers forhis show. Duke tells Huck that Jim's forty miles away.

Chapter 32: Huck arrives at the Phelps' where he is warmly greeted. The Phelpsassume Huck is their nephew, Tom, Tom Sawyer, whose arrival is expected.

Chapter 33: Huck intercepts a shocked Tom before he arrives at the Phelps.Tom agrees to help Huck free Jim. Huck and Tom sneak out of the house thatnight and witness the duke and the dauphin being tarred and feathered and runout of town.

Chapter 34: Tom recalls seeing food being taken to the shed, which he surmisesis where Jim is being kept. Huck decides to steal the key and escape with Jim in

the night. Tom ridicules Huck and comes up with an elaborate plan that could getthem killed. Huck is shocked at Tom's willingness to help a slave escape. Thetwo decide to dig Jim out of the shed.

Chapter 35: Tom complains that SIlas has not guarded Jim well enough. Hecreates obstacles to make the escape more daring.

Chapter 36: Tom and Huck use pickaxes to get their way to Jim who is happy tosee them but confused by their complicated plan.

Chapter 37: Sally notices missing tablecloths and silverware. She suspects

everyone but Tom and Huck.

Chapter 38: Tom continues creating senseless obstacles.

Chapter 39: Tom and Huck capture rats and snakes to make Jim's rescue moredramatic. They accidentally infest the house with them. Tom writes letters froman unknown friend to the Phelpses. The terrifying letters mention a band ofrobbers coming to set Jim free.

Chapter 40: The letter alerts local farmers who gather with shotguns. Thefarmers attack the shed, containing Jim, Tom, and Huck. The three escape. Tom

receives a bullet wound in the leg.

Chapter 41: Huck finds a doctor and sends him to Tom. Huck runs into Silas whotakes him home. The neighborhood is discussing the strange contents of theshed and marvel at the skill of the desperados.

Chapter 42: Tom is brought in, half conscious, with the doctor and Jim, who ischained and put back in the shed. The doctor extols Jim's behavior, who

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sacrificed his freedom to save Tom. Tom wakes up, dismayed that Jim has beenchained, relating to those in attendance that the widow Douglas died two monthsprior and set Jim free in her will. Tom's Aunt Polly arrives to sort out the mess.

Chapter 43: Aunt Polly and the Phelpses set Jim free and treat him like a king.

Tom repays him with forty dollars. Tom heals. Huck finds out the dead man onthe boat was his father.

Character List

Adolphus

Huck's name when the King pretends to be the British brother ofPeter Wilks.

Levi Bell

The lawyer who tries to ascertain the true heirs to the Wilks'sfortune.

Rev. Elexander Blodgett

The false name the King uses when addressing Tim Collins, theyoung man bound for Orleans who tells the King everythingabout the Wilks family.

Boggs

A drunk man who insults Colonel Sherburn and is later killed byhim. The action takes place in the same town where the Dukeand the King put on their Shakespearean show.

Tim Collins

A young man who reveals the entire story about the Wilks'sfortune to the King.

The Dauphin

See The King

Widow Douglas

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The widow who takes Huck into her home and tries to "civilize"him. It is her home that he leaves when Pap kidnaps him andtakes him to the log cabin.

The Duke

The younger of the two con men and the man who invents theRoyal Nonesuch. He is later tarred and feathered in Pikesville.

Huckleberry Finn

The main character of the story. He runs away and travels downthe Mississippi River on a raft with a runaway slave, Jim, as hiscompanion.

Bob Grangerford

A son of Col. Grangerford.

Buck Grangerford

The youngest son of Col. Grangerford who becomes good friendswith Huck but is later killed in the feud.

Miss Charlotte Grangerford

A daughter of Col. Grangerford.

Col. Grangerford

The father of the Grangerford house and the man who invitesHuck to live with the family. He is killed in the feud.

Emmeline Grangerford

A daughter of the Grangerford's. She passed away before Huck'sarrival, but used to create wonderful paintings and poetry.

Miss Sophia Grangerford

The daughter of Col. Grangerford who runs off with HarneyShepherdson and rekindles the feud.

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Tom Grangerford

The eldest son of the Grangerford family.

Buck Harkness

The man who starts rallying a mob to kill Colonel Sherburn afterSherburn shoots and kills Boggs.

Joe Harper

A member of Tom's robber band.

George Jackson

The false name Huck uses when he lives with the Grangerford's.

Jim

A runaway slave who accompanies Huck Finn down theMississippi River.

The King

The elder of the two con men with whom Huck is forced to travel.

He plays the naked man in the Royal Nonesuch and is the manwho sells Jim as a runaway slave. He is later tarred andfeathered along with the Duke.

Mrs. Judith Loftus

The woman whom Huck visits to gather news while pretending tobe a girl. She tells him that she suspects Jim is hiding onJackson's Island. Huck barely has time to get back to Jim and getthem both off the island.

Sally Phelps

Tom Sawyer's aunt. She is married to Silas Phelps and initiallymistakes Huck for Tom Sawyer.

Silas Phelps

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Tom Sawyer's uncle, and the farmer who purchases Jim from theKing for forty dollars.

Aunt Polly

Tom's aunt who shows up at the end to find out what tricks Tomhas been playing on her kinfolk. She reveals the true identities ofTom and Huck to her sister and spoils their attempt to steal Jimout of slavery by explaining he is already free.

Doctor Robinson

The only man who recognizes that the King and Duke are fraudswhen they try to pretend to be British. He warns the town butthey ignore him.

Ben Rogers

A member of Tom's robber band.

Sid Sawyer

Tom Sawyer's younger brother. Tom pretends to be Sid while heand Huck Finn are living with Sally Phelps.

Tom Sawyer

Huck Finn's best friend. Tom loves make believe games and setsup a band of robbers. Later he and Huck live together with Tom'sAunt Sally and Huck pretends to be Tom while Tom pretends tobe his younger brother Sid.

Harney Shepherdson

The young man who runs away with Miss Sophia Grangerford.

Colonel Sherburn

Colonel Sherburn

Judge Thatcher

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An eminent citizen in the town who is respected and well-liked.He fights to protect Huck's money when Pap returns to claimHuck and steal his money.

Jim Turner

One of the robbers on the shipwrecked steamboat.

Miss Watson

The sister of the Widow Douglas. She tries to teach Huck how toread and write properly. Jim is her slave. He runs away from herafter hearing that she wanted to sell him to a trader from downsouth.

Harvey Wilks

The British brother of Peter Wilks whom the King impersonatesuntil the real Harvey Wilks arrives.

Joanna Wilks

The youngest daughter of the deceased George Wilks, she isdistinguishable by her harelip.

Mary Jane Wilks

The eldest daughter of the deceased George Wilks, a red-headedgirl whom Huck starts to fall in love with. She becomes convincedthat the King is her real uncle and not a fraud until Huck tells herthe truth.

Peter Wilks

The dead man whose brother the King impersonates.

Susan Wilks

The second eldest daughter of the deceased George Wilks.

William Wilks

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The British brother of Peter Wilks whom the Duke impersonatesuntil the real William Wilks arrives.

Pap

Huck's abusive, alcoholic, broke father who returns early in thebook to claim custody over him. When Huck can no longer takehis father's abuse, he runs away and begins his journey down theriver with Jim.