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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Mark Twain
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Description for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Paperback. When Huckleberry Finn escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 404.
Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents - of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Huck's struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten ... Read more
Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents - of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Huck's struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143105947
SKU
V9780143105947
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About Mark Twain
Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, Mark Twain spent his youth in Hannibal, Missouri, which forms the setting for his two greatest works, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Trying his hand at printing, typesetting and then gold-mining, the former steam-boat pilot eventually found his calling in journalism and travel writing. Dubbed 'the father of ... Read more
Reviews for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. It's the best book we've had."
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway