Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Original & Unabridged Mark Twain

Publisher Marketing: This is the original and unabridged text of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by "Mark Twain." It is commonly named among the "Great American Novels." The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern society that had ceased to exist about twenty years before the work was published. Huck struggles not only with the challenges of his strenuous journey, but also with the 19th century social climate and the role it forces on him regarding the slave Jim. Throughout the story, Huck is in moral conflict with the received values of the society in which he lives, and while he is unable to consciously refute those values even in his thoughts, he makes a moral choice based on his own valuation of Jim's friendship and human worth, a decision in direct opposition to the things he has been taught. Mark Twain, in his lecture notes, proposes that ""a sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience"" and goes on to describe the novel as .".".a book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers defeat"." Twain began his career writing light, humorous verse, but evolved into a chronicler of the vanities, hypocrisies and murderous acts of mankind. At mid-career, with Huckleberry Finn, he combined rich humor, sturdy narrative and social criticism. Twain was a master at rendering colloquial speech and helped to create and popularize a distinctive American literature built on American themes and language. "Mark Twain gave pleasure - real intellectual enjoyment - to millions, and his works will continue to give such pleasure to millions yet to come ... His humor was American, but he was nearly as much appreciated by Englishmen and people of other countries as by his own countrymen. He has made an enduring part of American literature." &emdash; "President William Howard Taft" Review Citations: Library Journal 07/07/2008 (EAN 9781400106318, Compact Disc) Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 100 (EAN 9780451530943, Mass Market Paperbound) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 327 (EAN 9781402724992, Hardcover) Ingram Children's Advance 07/01/2005 pg. 44 (EAN 9780060758820, Paperback) School Library Journal 06/01/2005 pg. 170 (EAN 9781402712166, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 305 (EAN 9781402712166, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780894714764, Paperback) Library Journal 11/01/2003 pg. 129 (EAN 9780520237711, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 01/01/2004 pg. 170 (EAN 9780520237711, Hardcover) Choice 02/01/2004 pg. 1082 (EAN 9780520237711, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780140390469, Paperback) Library Journal 11/01/2002 pg. 134 (EAN 9780140390469, Paperback) - *Starred Review Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1990 (EAN 9780816718580, Paperback) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1990 (EAN 9780816718573, Hardcover) Newsweek 10/06/2008 pg. 8 (EAN 9780486417806, Paperback) Booklist 06/01/2001 pg. 1804 (EAN 9780520228382, Paperback) Library Journal 07/01/2001 pg. 92 (EAN 9780520228382, Paperback) Booklist 06/01/2001 pg. 1804 (EAN 9780520228061, Hardcover) Library Journal 07/01/2001 pg. 92 (EAN 9780520228061, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2002 pg. 80 (EAN 9780520228061, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/2001 (EAN 9781569945285, Analog Audio Cassette) School Library Journal 11/01/2002 (EAN 9781569945285, Analog Audio Cassette) Beyond the Cover Author Interv 11/01/2000 pg. 19 (EAN 9780743506335, Compact Disc) School Library Journal 08/24/2000 (EAN 9780001047570, Analog Audio Cassette) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1995 pg. 62 (EAN 9780688106560, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1994 pg. 91 (EAN 9780688106560, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 600 (EAN 9780688106560, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 774 (EAN 9780688106560, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 1027 (EAN 9780688106560, Hardcover) Library Journal 04/15/1996 pg. 126 (EAN 9780679448891, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 935 (EAN 9780679424703, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 933 (EAN 9780679424703, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 1075 (EAN 9780679424703, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780671640194, Mass Market Paperbound) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780671499488, Mass Market Paperbound) Ingram Children's Advance 07/01/1999 pg. 14 (EAN 9780689831393, Paperback) Ingram Advance 08/01/1999 pg. 26 (EAN 9780689831393, Paperback) Library Journal 02/01/2000 pg. 132 (EAN 9781572701113, Analog Audio Cassette) Booklist 10/01/1993 pg. 335 (EAN 9780553210798, Mass Market Paperbound) Library Journal 02/15/1989 (EAN 9780520059658, Hardcover) Library Journal 03/01/1989 (EAN 9780520059658, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780520053380, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 600 (EAN 9780520053380, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 11/25/2013 (EAN 9781624069192, Compact Disc) School Library Journal 02/01/2014 pg. 59 (EAN 9781624069192, Compact Disc) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780451519122, Mass Market Paperbound) Library Journal 04/15/1997 pg. 125 (EAN 9780449912720, Paperback) Outside 10/01/2013 pg. 107 (EAN 9780448060002, Hardcover) Booklist 10/01/1993 pg. 335 (EAN 9780606131124, Prebound-Sewn) Publishers Weekly 09/27/1985 (EAN 9780385232449, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2010 (EAN 9789380028354, Paperback) People 01/24/2011 pg. 49 (EAN 9789380028354, Paperback) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780894714771, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780060143763, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 pg. 337 (EAN 9781602707023, Library Binding) Contributor Bio:  Twain, Mark Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American humorist and writer, who is best known for his enduring novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has been called "the Great American Novel." Raised in Hannibal, Missouri, Twain held a variety of jobs including typesetter, riverboat pilot, and miner before achieving nationwide attention for his work as a journalist with "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." He earned critical and popular praise for his wit and enjoyed a successful career as a public speaker in addition to his writing. Twain's works were remarkable for his ability to capture colloquial speech, although his adherence to the vernacular of the time has resulted in the suppression of his works by schools in modern times. Twain's birth in 1835 coincided with a visit by Halley's Comet, and Twain predicted, accurately, that he would "go out with it" as well, dying the day following the comet's return in 1910.