Added by: arcadius | Karma: 2802.10 | Fiction literature | 26 December 2010
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Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), an American author and humorist. Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. Reuploaded. Thanks to arcadius
The hundreds of books and articles on Huckleberry Finn have failed to answer a basic question about the novel: Does the ending belong to the book? Answering “No” as many critics of the book have done puts students of American literature in an embarrassing position. Almost all such critics consider Huckleberry Finn not just an interesting novel, but a very great novel, one of the supreme American works of art. PMLA, the official publication of university English studies, has declared it a national treasure.
Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (Bloom's Guides)
Bloom's Reviews are a acclaimed advancement to the standard chapter-by-chapter plot summaries provided by most study guides. Each Review saves a student time by presenting the latest research, from noted literary scholars, in a practical and lucid format, enabling students to concentrate on improving their knowledge and understanding of the work in question.
Huck Finn's journey down the Mississippi River with the escaped slave Jim is one of America's best-known narrative.
Hailed by writers and critics alike as one of the most important American novels ever published, Mark Twain's quintessential coming-of-age story "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" gave a distinct voice to American literature. As the respected critics in this volume attest, Twain's novel sustains the tests of time and interpretation. This fully updated volume also offers perceptive supplementary materials, such as a chronology and an index, that will come in handy for students writing research papers on this beloved work.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Cliffs Complete)
Added by: dovesnake | Karma: 1384.51 | Fiction literature | 30 November 2009
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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.