| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Contributor(s): Twain, Mark (Author), Saunders, George (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0375757376 ISBN-13: 9780375757372 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $7.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: 'All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn, ' Ernest Hemingway wrote. 'It's the best book we've had.' A complex masterpiece that has spawned volumes of scholarly exegesis and interpretative theories, it is at heart a compelling adventure story. Huck, in flight from his murderous father, and Nigger Jim, in flight from slavery, pilot their raft thrillingly through treacherous waters, surviving a crash with a steamboat, betrayal by rogues, and the final threat from the bourgeoisie. Informing all this is the presence of the River, described in palpable detail by Mark Twain, the former steamboat pilot, who transforms it into a richly metaphoric entity. Twain's other great innovation was the language of the book itself, which is expressive in a completely original way. 'The invention of this language, with all its implications, gave a new dimension to our literature, ' Robert Penn Warren noted. 'It is a language capable of poetry.' "From the eBook edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001030218 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.15" W x 8.03" (0.51 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Mississippi River Basin - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 501 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 18.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Introduction by George Saunders |