Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By: Mark Twain

Dover Publications / Paperback

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Product Description

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Huckleberry Finn is filled with high adventure and unforgettable characters who are forever getting in and out of trouble along the mighty Missisissippi river. It's a story about a lost boy and a naughty boy whose friendship and mishaps weave a tale you're not likely to forget.

Product Information

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Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 224
Vendor: Dover Publications

Dimensions: 8.25 X 5.19 (inches)
ISBN: 0486280616
ISBN-13: 9780486280615

Publisher's Description

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Referring to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, H. L. Mencken noted that his discovery of this classic American novel was "the most stupendous event of my whole life"; Ernest Hemingway declared that "all modern American literature stems from this one book," while T. S. Eliot called Huck "one of the permanent symbolic figures of fiction, not unworthy to take a place with Ulysses, Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Hamlet."
The novel's preeminence derives from its wonderfully imaginative re-creation of boyhood adventures along the Mississippi River, its inspired characterization, the author's remarkable ear for dialogue, and the book's understated development of serious underlying themes: "natural" man versus "civilized" society, the evils of slavery, the innate value and dignity of human beings, and other topics. Most of all, Huckleberry Finn is a wonderful story, filled with high adventure and unforgettable characters.

Author Bio

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After the Civil War, Samuel Clemens (1835-1910) left his small town to seek work as a riverboat pilot. As Mark Twain, the Missouri native found his place in the world. Author, journalist, lecturer, wit, and sage, Twain created enduring works that have enlightened and amused readers of all ages for generations.