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The adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Published:
New York, N.Y. : Barnes & Noble Classics, 2008.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xxxviii, 292 pages ; 21 cm
Accelerated Reader:
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure:
990L
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Description
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
  • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars

  • Biographies of the authors

  • Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events

  • Footnotes and endnotes

  • Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work

  • Comments by other famous authors

  • Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations

  • Bibliographies for further reading

  • Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate

All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences'biographical, historical, and literary'to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the only one of Mark Twains various books which can be called a masterpiece. I do not suggest that it is his only book of permanent interest; but it is the only one in which his genius is completely realized, and the only one which creates its own category." T. S. Eliot

Huckleberry Finn, rebel against school and church, casual inheritor of gold treasure, rafter of the Mississippi, and savior of Jim the runaway slave, is the archetypical American maverick.

Fleeing the respectable society that wants to "sivilize" him, Huck Finn shoves off with Jim on a rhapsodic raft journey down the Mississippi River. The two bind themselves to one another, becoming intimate friends and agreeing "there warnt no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft dont. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft."

As Huck learns about love, responsibility, and morality, the trip becomes a metaphoric voyage through his own soul, culminating in the glorious moment when he decides to "go to hell" rather than return Jim to slavery.

Mark Twain defined classic as "a book which people praise and dont read"; Huckleberry Finn is a happy exception to his own rule. Twains mastery of dialect, coupled with his famous wit, has made Adventures of Huckleberry Finn one of the most loved and distinctly American classics ever written.

Nominated for a Grammy for his work as co-producer of the five-CD box set The Jazz Singers (1998), Robert OMeally is Zora Neale Hurston Professor of Literature at Columbia University and Director of Columbia Universitys Center for Jazz Studies. He is the principal writer of Seeing Jazz (1997), the catalogue for the Smithsonians exhibit on jazz and literature, and the co-editor of The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (1996).

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CLASSICS TWA pbk
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Jan 3, 2023
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Language:
English
ISBN:
159308112X, 9781593081126
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 4.9, 3 Points
Lexile measure:
990
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APA Citation (style guide)

Twain, M., O'Meally, R., & Grill, C. (2008). The adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, N.Y., Barnes & Noble Classics.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, Robert. O'Meally and Cynthia. Grill. 2008. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, N.Y., Barnes & Noble Classics.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, Robert. O'Meally and Cynthia. Grill, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, N.Y., Barnes & Noble Classics, 2008.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Twain, Mark, et al. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, N.Y., Barnes & Noble Classics, 2008.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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