Mark Twain's witty satirical tale of childhood rebellion against hypocritical adult authority the Penguin Classics" edition of " The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is edited with a critical introduction by Peter Coveney. Mark Twain's story of a boy's journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice & experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken abusive ' Pap' & the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with runaway slave Jim he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families & the trickery of the unscrupulous ' Duke' & ' Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits however are more serious undercurrents
- of slavery adult control & above all of Huck's struggle between his instinctive goodness & the corrupt values of society which threaten his deep & enduring friendship with Jim. Based on the first edition of 1884 " The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

Includes:: a chronology & list of further reading by Richard Maxwell. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) trained as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi river; ' Mark Twain' a phrase used on riverboats to indicate that the water is two fathoms deep became the pseudonym by which he was best known. After the Civil War Twain turned to journalism publishing his first short story in 1865. Dubbed 'the father of American literature' by William Faulkner Twain led a colourful life of travelling bankruptcy & great literary success. If you enjoyed " The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" you may like Mark Twain's " The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" also available in " Penguin Classics". " All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn... There has been nothing as good since." (Ernest Hemingway). " Huckleberry Finn like other great works of imagination can give to every reader whatever he is capable of taking from it." (T.S. Eliot)."


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Wild child Huck has to get away. His violent drunk of a father is back in town again raising Cain. He wont rest until he has Hucks money. So the enterprising boy fakes his own death & sets out in search of adventure & freedom. Teaming up with Jim an escaped slave with a price on his head the two fugitives go on the run travelling down the wide Mississippi River. But Huck finds himself wrestling with his conscience. Should he save Jim or turn his friend over to a terrible fate? ...

This is the Penguin English Library Edition" of " The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain. 'I'm unfavorable to killin' a man as long as you can git around it; it ain't good sense it ain't good morals. Ain't I right?' The original Great American Novel an incomparable adventure story & a classic of anarchic humour Twain's masterpiece sees Huckleberry Finn & Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There they find steamships feuding families an unlikely Duke & King & vital lessons about the world in which they live. With its unforgettable cast of characters Hemingway called this 'the best book we've ever had'. " The Penguin English Library"
- 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War."
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Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics. ' We said there warn't no home like a raft after all. Other places do seem so cramped up & smothery but a raft don't. You feel mighty free & easy & comfortable on a raft.' Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death & so begins his journey through the Deep South seeking independence & freedom. On his travels Huck meets an escaped slave Jim who is a wanted man & together they journey down the Mississippi River. Raising the timeless & universal l issues of prejudice bravery & hope the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was & still is considered the great American novel. ...

Huck is a young naive white boy fleeing from his drunken dangerous Pa & Jim is a runaway slave longing to be reunited with his family. Flung together by circumstance they journey down the Mississippi together on a log raft each in search of his own definition of freedom. Their daring adventures along the way provide both entertainment & a satirical look at the moral values of the Deep South of the 1800s. ...

Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns & kidnaps him he must escape down the Mississippi river with runaway slave Jim. They encounter trouble at every turn from floods & gunfights to armed bandits & the long arm of the law. Through it all the friends stick together
- but can Huck & Tom free Jim from slavery once & for all? With an inspirational introduction by Darren Shan The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the twelve wonderful classic stories being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2008.
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Leftenant Benjamin Rundel is faced with the battle for St Elmo Castle which is thought to be impregnable the surrender of Capua a trying leftenants exam for his friend Tom Murphy & the surrender of all of Roma to Captain Troubridge for a turn of the cards. Then its off to the Quiberon Bay disaster & success at Killala Bay against the French. The Admiralty sends he & his friend Tom Murphy to Panama to capture a pack train loaded with gold headed for Spain. After much confusion they get the gold but end up with the mother ship aground with the gold aboard & a boatload of starving cannibals on shore to harry them. Along the way he is instructed to capture the wife & sister of a noble of the Codrington family & has to decide how to cut out two older females from a Spanish captains protection. Then he returns to Barbados to quench the fires of a fire ship & heads out to find the perpetrator only to wind up in a plot by an island plantation owner to ruin all of the local planters so he can purchase their lands cheaply. Finally as he heads for safety his ship is captured by the French. But he plays turnabout & takes a much larger French ship on his way to port. There is never a dull moment in the life of this most able young leftenant. ...

In this br&-new action-packed chapter book series Sponge Bob & Patrick have their own exciting adventures with their favourite albeit elderly superheroes ~ Mermaidman & Barnacleboy! These adventures usually end up doing more harm to Bikini Bottom (and the rest of civilization) than good but it always turns out all right in the end! What happens when Man Sponge & Patrick Boy decide to free the villain Man Ray from his frozen prison & teach him to do good? Can May Ray really change his ways? ...

In this br&-new action-packed chapter book series Sponge Bob & Patrick have their own exciting adventures with their favourite albeit elderly superheroes ~ Mermaidman & Barnacleboy! These adventures usually end up doing more harm to Bikini Bottom (and the rest of civilization) than good but it always turns out all right in the end! When Sponge Bob finds Mermaidmans special superhero utility belt he just cant stop himself from using it! But without a clue as to what each button does Sponge Bob manages to shrink Patrick! Afraid that telling Mermaidman will get him in trouble he vows to find the right button himself. Will he figure out how to zap Patrick back to size or will he shrink the whole town trying? Find out in this hilarious story! ...

Milly-Molly-Mandy lives in a tiny village in the heart of the countryside. She is always busy doing things & whether she is earning money to give a party minding the village shop having a picnic or going sledging you're sure to have fun when Milly-Molly-Mandy's around! Here all the Milly-Molly-Mandy stories Further Doings of Milly-Molly-Mandy" " Milly-Molly-Mandy Again" " Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories" & " More of Milly-Molly-Mandy" brought together in a special gift collection." ...