The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Contributor(s): Twain, Mark (Author), Seelye, John (Introduction by), Cardwell, Guy (Notes by) |
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ISBN: 0143105949 ISBN-13: 9780143105947 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2009 Annotation: Join Huckleberry Finn and runaway slave, Jim, as they escape from their tormentors and head down the Mississippi River. They have many adventures on the voyage and trouble is always close at hand. Throughout everything their friendship remains strong but will this be enough to give Jim his freedom once and for all? |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 990 |
Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 368 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The classic boyhood adventure tale in a beautiful Deluxe Edition illustrated by Lilli Carre 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 his deep and enduring friendship with Jim. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |