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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781580495837
ISBN: 1580495834
Label: Prestwick House Inc.
Manufacturer: Prestwick House Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 280
Publication Date: January 01, 2005
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 7520
Studio: Prestwick House Inc.
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Product Description:
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader’s notes to help the modern reader contend with Twain’s language, allusions, and deliberate misstatements and malapropisms.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, became an instant success in the year of its publication, 1884, but was seen by some as unfit for children to read because of its language, grammar, and 'uncivilized hero.' The book has sparked controversy ever since, but most scholars continue to praise it as a modern masterpiece, an essential read, and one of the greatest novels in all of American literature.Twain’s satiric treatment of racism, religious excess, and rural simplicity and his accuracy in presenting dialects mark Huck Finn as a classic. His unswerving confidence in Huck’s wisdom and maturity, along with the well-rounded and sympathetic portrayal of Jim draw readers into the book, holding them until Huck’s last words rejecting all attempts to 'sivilize' him.
Amazon.com Review:
Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, tells the story of a teenaged misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious.
Though some of the situations in Huckleberry Finn are funny in themselves (the cockeyed Shakespeare production in Chapter 21 leaps instantly to mind), this book's humor is found mostly in Huck's unique worldview and his way of expressing himself. Describing his brief sojourn with the Widow Douglas after she adopts him, Huck says: 'After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people.'Underlying Twain's good humor is a dark subcurrent of Antebellum cruelty and injustice that makes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a frequently funny book with a serious message.
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Huck Finn
This book is required reading for my 16 yr old son....the
book arrived quickly & in great shape! Saved me driving all
over town to compete w/ other parents also looking!!Thanks!
Rating: - Eli Sashihara writes:
Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a timeless classic that lives up to its prestigious name. It takes place in an array of locations along the Mississippi river around the time of 1835-45. The story is about Tom, a free-spirited boy, and his numerous adventures with a run-away slave named Jim.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn proceeds Mark Twain's original novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but within the first page Huck acknowledges this and says reading ... Read More
Rating: - Required Reading
This was a required reading for my son's class at school.Although he enjoyed the story line, the use of the local slang (written out phonetically ) was difficult for him to read and distracting to the story, he felt.
Rating: - Perfect for Teachers
I have heard about many of the essays included in this text and was excited to find that I could get them all in one book.I love the footnotes for additional information and the fact that the essays include both sides to teaching this book.I highly recommend for anyone who needs to know more about this classic text.
Rating: - Ole Huck
You'll notice pretty quickly when you pick this up that Huck doesn't spell too good and his grammar isn't so hot either.But if you look a little more closely, you find that he sure knows how to use the semi-colon, and his sentence structure is picture perfect.Mr. Twain may have decided that he was going to have some fun with his charming narrator, but he sure wasn't going to sacrifice good writing to do so.
The novel, as everyone knows, is a masterpiece, and works splendidly on every ... Read More
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