Huckleberry Finn

Along the way, Huck is involved in a family blood feud, a murder, a political lynching, and in the shenanigans of two rogues: the "Duke of Bridgewater," an itinerant printer and fraud, and the "Dauphin," an actor, evangelist, and temperance faker.A keen and realistic portrayal of regional character and frontier experience, Huckleberry Finn is a delightful, classic story, and one of America's greatest works of literature.. Narrated by Huck himself - in flight from his drunken, blackguard father - it is the story of his adventures on the Mississippi River with the runaway slave Jim. Begun in 1876, it was published in 1884. "I recon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it.I been here before." - Huck FinnThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the unforgettable sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"Twain's Masterpiece!" according to Sarasota2kTwain's Masterpiece! Sarasota2k4 Enrest Hemingway declared American fiction begins and ends with Huckleberry Finn, and he's correct. Twain's most famous novel is arguably his best. There are several instances in the book that are hilarious, but when I completed the book, I also realized I had read something profound. Although Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contains s. . Enrest Hemingway declared American fiction begins and ends with Huckleberry Finn, and he's correct. Twain's most famous novel is arguably his best. There are several instances in the book that are hilarious, but when I completed the book, I also realized I had read something profound. Although Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contains s. "Original Twain/Rockwell Book" according to bbl. I feel so lucky to have found these books (I got the Tom Sawyer companion book, too.). My friend and I went to Hannibal, MO over the Memorial Day weekend. What a treat! That's when I learned about the Twain/Rockwell connection. The gift shop in Hannibal was selling the set in a pristine, brand new binding, etc. for $99. I just couldn'. "Classic Writing, Fine Illustration; Quality Paper and Printing" according to James Ellsworth. I bought this particular edition of 'Huckleberry Finn' for the few but wonderful illustrations done by Scott McKowen. I already owned a gallery-sized digital print of the cover art and I wanted to document where it came from. I also purchased a 'critical edition' of the work with scholarly annotations by Michael Patrick Hearn. Both ed

. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. A seminal work of American Lite