The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

Author: Mark Twain

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  • : $16.99 AUD
  • : 9780143107323
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
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  • : 0.297
  • : October 2014
  • : 198mm X 132mm X 18mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 17.99
  • : January 2015
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  • : English
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Barcode 9780143107323
9780143107323

Description

The original Great American Novel, an incomparable adventure story and a classic of unruly humour, Twain's masterpiece sees Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find steamships, feuding families, an unlikely Duke and King and vital lessons about the world in which they live. With its unforgettable cast of characters, Hemingway called this 'the best book we've ever had'. This edition features a new introduction and notes by leading Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen.

Author description

Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, Mark Twain spent his youth in Hannibal, Missouri. Trying his hand at printing, typesetting and gold-mining, he eventually found his calling in journalism and travel writing. Twain died in 1910 after a colourful life of travelling, bankruptcy and great literary success. R. Kent Rasmussen has written nine books on Twain and more than a dozen other books.