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Fresh off of his escapades with Tom Sawyer and with six thousand dollars in the bank, Huck Finn faces a new challenge: his father, Pap, who wants Huck’s fortune and will stop at nothing to get his hands on it. Escaping from Pap, Huck meets Miss Watson’s slave, Jim, who has run away after learning that Miss Watson may sell him. Jim plans to head north, find work, and buy his wife and children out of slavery. Huck joins him on a salvaged raft, beginning a raucous journey that transforms into a deep reckoning with human frailty and the hypocrisy of the antebellum South.

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a novel about a young boygrowing up in the fictional small town of Hannibal, Missouri along theMississippi River during the 1840s. Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and hishalf-brother Sid. Life for Tom is a series of grand adventures that include hisbest friend Huck Finn, the love of his life Becky Thatcher, buried treasures,scoundrels, thieves and body snatchers. Manga Classics brings a brilliant newlight to Mark Twain''s very first novel that new readers will embrace andlife-long fans will enjoy.

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The Prince and the Pauper is a classic adventure of mistaken identity set in Tudor London and told with Mark Twain’s trademark humour and concern for social justice.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by author and journalist Nicolette Jones.Penniless Tom Canty wonders what it would be like to be a prince. Heir to the throne Edward Tudor dreams of a life outside the royal palace walls. When the two boys meet by chance they’re amazed by how similar they look and agree to swap clothes. Dressed in rags, Edward is thrown out onto the streets whilst courtiers have no idea that their prince is a pauper. Will each boy be able to find his way home?

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The exploits of Tom Sawyer, a consummate prankster with a quick wit, captivate children of all ages. Yet through the novel's humorous escapades, from the episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe. This book explores deeper themes within the adult world Tom will one day join.

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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.

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'It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them'Huck Finn spits, swears, smokes a pipe and never goes to school. With his too-big clothes and battered straw hat, Huck is in need of 'civilising', and the Widow Douglas is determined to take him in hand. And wouldn't you know, Huck's no-good Pap is also after him and he locks Huck up in his cabin in the woods. But Huck won't stand too much of this, and after a daring escape, he takes off down the Mississppi on a raft with an runaway slave called Jim. But plenty of dangers wait for them along the river - will they survive and win their freedom?BACKSTORY: Discover how to write secret messages in code, and learn about the extraordinary Mark Twain.

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A fine, exclusive edition of one of literature’s most beloved stories. Featuring an intricate laser-cut jacket with foil stamping, this stunning, giftable first edition is one of just 10,000 copies ever to be printed!In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a thirteen-year-old boy, Huck, is in search of adventure on the beautiful shores of the Mississippi River before the Civil War in the American south.When Huck escapes kidnapping by his own drunken father, he decides to find a canoe to shove off down the river, leaving behind his life of confinement and civilization. Soon Huck comes across Jim, Miss Watson's slave. While traveling down the river, Huck and Jim have many adventures, but more importantly, during many long talks, they become the best of friends, both in search of freedom. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is regarded by many critics and scholars to be the first “Great American novel.”This unique edition of Mark Twain’s beloved tale is a giftable volume fiction lovers will treasure, featuring: A high-end laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping A first edition individually numbered from 1 to 10,000 No more than 10,000 copies will ever be printed Includes a bonus bookmark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of four classic titles available as part of the Seasons Editions. This set also includes Jane Eyre, Persuasion, and The Wonderland Collection.

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From its first appearance onward, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been both praised and condemned, enshrined as one of the world’s great novels and banned from libraries and classrooms. This new edition is designed to enable modern readers to explore the sources of its greatness, and also to take a fresh, open-minded look at the source of the current controversy about its place in the canon: its representation of race and slavery. Based on the first American edition of 1885, this Broadview Edition includes all 174 original illustrations by E.W. Kemble. Appendices include contemporary reviews, passages deleted from the original manuscript, advertisements for the book, and a range of materials, from newspaper articles to minstrel show scripts to contemporary fiction, showing how race and slavery were depicted in the larger culture at the time.

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"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

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"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

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Puffin Classics - everyone's favourite stories.In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night they witness a murder. The boys swear never to reveal the secret and run away to be pirates and search for hidden treasure. But when Tom gets trapped in a cave with the murderer, can he escape unharmed?The Introduction is written by Richard Peck, an American novelist known for his young adult books. He was awarded American's highly prestigious Newbery Medal in 2001 for his novel A Year Down Yonder.The book includes a behind-the-scenes journey, including an author profile, a guide to who's who, activities and more..The Puffin Classics relaunch includes:A Little PrincessAlice's Adventures in WonderlandAlice's Adventures Through the Looking GlassAnne of Green GablesBlack BeautyHans Andersen's Fairy TalesHeidiJourney to the Centre of the EarthLittle WomenPeter PanTales of the Greek HeroesThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe Adventures of King ArthurThe Adventures of Tom SawyerThe Call of the WildThe Jungle BookThe OdysseyThe Secret GardenThe Wind in the WillowsThe Wizard of OzTreasure Island

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Politics, religion, culture, travel, science and technology, family life: nothing escaped the eye and pen of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, nineteenth-century America's most famous writer and a legend in his own lifetime. Though chiefly known today for his classic novels of childhood, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and for his short stories, he produced even more nonfiction of an impressive quality.Twain lived a life as exciting as his fiction, and in his Autobiography we find him running wild, like the heroes of his novels, in the countryside around his childhood home in Missouri and navigating the treacherous waters of the Mississippi River as a trained steamboat pilot, while his letters show him travelling thousands of miles over the United States on hectic lecture tours (he was a great showman, raconteur and performer of his own works), hobnobbing with princes and presidents and being lionized in the capitals of Europe.His trademark wit, candour, sarcasm and irrepressible humour shine through on every page of this selection, but here too, beyond the entertainer, we discover in his speeches and essays the social and moral issues - slavery, imperialism - which concerned him, and meet the private man behind that towering public figure, whose long marriage never lost its romance, but who bore the sorrow of losing two of his three daughters while still in their twenties. A sometimes moving, sometimes hilarious and always riveting read.

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Los estudios para este ensayo fueron comenzados hace veinticinco o veintisiete años. Fue escrito hace siete. Lo he examinado una o dos veces por año desde entonces, encontrándolo satisfactorio. Lo he revisado de nuevo y me sigue satisfaciendo por considerar que dice la verdad.Cada pensamiento ha sido meditado (y aceptado como una verdad indiscutible) por millones y millones de hombres y ocultado, guardado en secreto. Por qué no hablaron estos claramente?, porque temían y no podían sobrellevar la desaprobación de las gentes qué les rodeaban. Por qué no los he publicado yo?; la misma razón me ha retenido, según creo. No puedo encontrar otra. -Mark Twain (1905)-

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El mítico ilustrador Francisco Meléndez cumple sus bodas de acero con el silencio, y las interrumpe momentáneamente para esclarecer lo sucedido en el Edén hace cientos de años. Una muestra de su talento intacto y libérrimo, que Mark Twain celebra desde quién sabe dónde.Del diario de Adán:Esta nueva criatura de pelo largo se entromete bastante. Siempre está merodeando y me sigue a todas partes. Eso no me gusta; no estoy habituado a la compañía. Preferiría que se quedara con los otros animales. Hoy está nublado, hay viento del este; creo que tendremos lluvia. Tendremos? Nosotros? De dónde saqué esta palabra.? Ahora lo recuerdo: la usa la nueva criatura.Del diario de Eva:Toda la semana lo seguí y traté de entablar relaciones con él. Yo soy la que tuvo que hablar, porque él es tímido, pero no me importa. Parecía complacido de tenerme alrededor, y usé el sociable nosotros varias veces, porque él parecía halagado de verse incluido.

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Reconocido unánimemente como fundador de la novela autóctona norteamericana, sobre todo a través de esas dos obras maestras que son ?Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer? y ?Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn?, publicadas también en esta Biblioteca de autor, la vida y las numerosas actividades de Mark Twain (1835-1910) se solaparon en gran medida con los años decisivos de formación de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica. Novela que admite tanto la mera lectura lineal del relato de aventuras, como diversas otras relacionadas con la sátira y la crítica social, ?Un yanqui en la corte del rey Arturo? (1889) se sirve del recurso del traslado en el tiempo, que da origen a cómicas situaciones, para hacer, en último término, un acerbo análisis de la naturaleza humana.

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Huckleberry Finn, el amigo de Tom Sawyer, es un muchacho aventurero al que no le gusta la escuela sino andar por ahí a su aire. Sin embargo, la vida de Huck no es fácil, su padre lo maltrata y tiene que vivir con la viuda Douglas, una mujer que se ha propuesto "civilizarlo". Huck decide escapar de todo y emprende un viaje por el río Misisipi. En su huida le acompañará Jim, un esclavo negro que busca su libertad. Entre lo dos se forjará una especial amistad.

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