The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics)
Based on the recently discovered original manuscript, this one-and-only comprehensive edition of the American classic contains confrontational passages that were never before published. The many changes that Mark Twain made indicate that he checked his impulse to write a darker, more provocative...
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Based on the recently discovered original manuscript, this one-and-only comprehensive edition of the American classic contains confrontational passages that were never before published. The many changes that Mark Twain made indicate that he checked his impulse to write a darker, more provocative satire about the controversies of his time--and demonstrate the skill and restraint that marked thisbeloved author's creative thinking. Includes original b&w line drawings.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780142437179
Publish date: 17-12-2002
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Read For School,
American,
Historical Fiction,
High School,
Fiction
I took SO unbelievably long. This is my second Mark Twain book. It's supposed to be my third, since I just found out that this is the second book to the Tom Sawyer story. I'm just like, wow. I didn't even find out until after I finished. Mark Twain is a great writer. It's just that I can't help but ...
My thoughts will be posted on Monday. Let's just say this book *almost* made a Mark Twain fan out of me. Almost.
I keep telling myself I'm not going to read any more children's books unless I'm reading them to my children. I convince myself that I'll find more enjoyment or more utility reading grown-up books. Lately though, I've found that every time end up reading a book with a child protagonist, I prove myse...
Eeek. I'm so not a fan of dialects in books.
It was easy to imagine myself as Huck Finn as a kid even though my life bared little obvious resemblance to his. However, my childhood was one of freedom and adventure and I felt like I had found a literary soul brother in Huck as I read about his adventures. While mine weren't on the scale of hi...
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