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Why is Don Quixote referenced in Huckleberry Finn?

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Mark Twain used Miguel de Cervantes' early seventeenth-century novel, Don Quixote as an inspiration for both his Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Quixote's purpose was to go on quests, hoping that he could restore the lost values of chivalry.

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