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I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally… — Mark Twain

Novel · Children's literature · Adventure novel

I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before.

Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · 1884
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Topic
EscapeWide open spaces
Genre
Children's literatureAdventure novel
Medium
Novel
Time
1884
Person
Mark Twain
Provenance
Current citation
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, edited by R. Kent Rasmussen. Penguin Classics, 2014, ch. 43.
Original citation
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884, ch. 43.

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