Here is a list of the main characters (and a short
summary) in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn.
AUNT POLLY.
Tom's guardian.
AUNT SALLY. Tom's
aunt.
BOGGS. A drunk from
Bricksville.
WIDOW DOUGLAS. Huck's adopted
mother.
THE DUKE. A con man who claims to be of
royal birth.
HUCK FINN. The main character is an
independent spirit whose mother is dead and whose father is a drunken ne'er-do-well. His
journeys along the Mississippi River is the basis of the
story.
PAP FINN. Huck's drunk of a father
kidnaps his own son and beats him before Huck escapes.
BUCK
GRANGERFORD. The youngest boy of the Grangerford family, Buck is killed
during the feud with the Shepherdsons.
EMMELINE
GRANGERFORD. She died young, leaving behind a number of poems and
drawings that intrigue Huck.
JIM. Miss Watson's
runaway slave who joins Huck on his travels.
THE
KING. The Duke's partner in crime and grifting, he is eventually tarred
and feathered.
JUDITH LOFTUS. Huck meets her
while dressed as a girl, but he doesn't fool her.
REVEREND SILAS
PHELPS. Tom's uncle.
TOM SAWYER.
Huck's sidekick and partner in crime. Tom joins Huck for part of his
journey.
COLONEL SHERBURN. A Southern gentleman
who kills Boggs in Bricksville.
JUDGE THATCHER.
The father of Becky, he takes care of Huck's money for him and has Huck's best interests
at heart.
MISS WATSON. Sister of the Widow
Douglas and Tom's owner.
THE WILKS SISTERS. The
girls who become orphans when their guardian dies. The King and Duke pretend to be their
uncles. free in her will.
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