Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840 in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best selling of any of Twain's works during his lifetime.Though overshadowed by its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is by many considered a masterpiece of American literature, and was one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter."
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain Illustrated (Penguin Classics)
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840 in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best selling of any of Twain's works during his lifetime.Though overshadowed by its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is by many considered a masterpiece of American literature, and was one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840 in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best selling of any of Twain's works during his lifetime.Though overshadowed by its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is by many considered a masterpiece of American literature, and was one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter."
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840 in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best selling of any of Twain's works during his lifetime.Though overshadowed by its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is by many considered a masterpiece of American literature, and was one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840 in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best selling of any of Twain's works during his lifetime.Though overshadowed by its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is by many considered a masterpiece of American literature, and was one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter."
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143105949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book 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.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143105949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book 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.
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781417752850
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781417752850
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Illustrated
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry Huck finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist over 20 years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry Huck finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist over 20 years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism."
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain Illustrated (Penguin Classics)
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry Huck finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist over 20 years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry Huck finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist over 20 years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism."
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry Huck finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist over 20 years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry Huck finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist over 20 years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism."
Tom Sawyer Abroad By Mark Twain Illustrated (Penguin Classics)
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Tom Sawyer Abroad is a novel by Mark Twain published in 1894.In the story Tom Huck and Jim travel to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon where they survive encounters with lions robbers and fleas to see some of the world greatest wonders including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, Detective, the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn. It is a sequel set in the time following the title story of the Tom Sawyer series.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Tom Sawyer Abroad is a novel by Mark Twain published in 1894.In the story Tom Huck and Jim travel to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon where they survive encounters with lions robbers and fleas to see some of the world greatest wonders including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, Detective, the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn. It is a sequel set in the time following the title story of the Tom Sawyer series.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780143039563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The classic adventure story of boyhood escapades on the shores of the Mississippi chronicles the exploits of the mischievous Tom Sawyer and his friends. Reissue.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780143039563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The classic adventure story of boyhood escapades on the shores of the Mississippi chronicles the exploits of the mischievous Tom Sawyer and his friends. Reissue.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692297896
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This classic American children's novel was first published in 1876.Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) characterized the novel as a "hymn" to childhood. Tom Sawyer is a mischievous child growing up alongside the Mississippi River in the 19th century. For his beau Becky Thatcher and with his buddy Huckleberry Finn he acts the prankster. Tom's amusing antics and the author's ability to vividly hear his own inner child appeal to both young and old readers alike.A perfect bedtime book for parents to read to their children or for kids to read themselves to sleep.Part of our Children's Classics series of books.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692297896
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This classic American children's novel was first published in 1876.Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) characterized the novel as a "hymn" to childhood. Tom Sawyer is a mischievous child growing up alongside the Mississippi River in the 19th century. For his beau Becky Thatcher and with his buddy Huckleberry Finn he acts the prankster. Tom's amusing antics and the author's ability to vividly hear his own inner child appeal to both young and old readers alike.A perfect bedtime book for parents to read to their children or for kids to read themselves to sleep.Part of our Children's Classics series of books.