A character in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
An older con man who joins the raft claiming to be the lost Dauphin of France, the rightful king.
Also known as: king, Capet, the Dauphin, Harvey Wilks, Looy the Seventeen
Inside the story
The King is an older, vain con man who joins Huck and Jim on their raft while claiming to be the lost Dauphin of France and its rightful king. Traveling with another swindler, he uses grand titles and shameless lies to pursue cruel schemes for money.
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