It's been a bout 45 years since I've read this. Having recently finished the superb James (by Percival Everett), I wanted to revisit this story. Twain's satire barrels through this story. It's a very different book from when I first read it. As a kid I read it as just an adventure story, I wasn't old enough and hadn't had any life experience to appreciate the skewering of Southern society and culture of the time period. Age, experience, and (I hope) some wisdom made this a very different read as an adult. I highly recommend re-reading classics as an adult, if you read them as a younger person. It's quite extraordinary how the experience differs!
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