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Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ENHiding from his drunken, tyrannical father, wild boy Huckleberry Finn escapes to Jackson's Island, where he meets Jim, a runaway slave. Together, they hope to escape sivilization by sailing a raft down the Mississippi in a last bid for freedom... Action packed and crammed with vibrant characters and incidents, Huckleberry Finn catches more vividly than any other novel the comedy, terror, resilience and spontaneity…
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ENHuck is a young, naive white boy fleeing from his drunken, dangerous Pap, and 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 and a satirical look at the moral values of the Deep South of the 1800s.
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ENHuck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death and so begins his journey through the Deep South, seeking independence and freedom. On his travels, Huck meets an escaped slave, Jim, who is a wanted man, and together they journey down the Mississippi River. Raising the timeless and universal l issues of prejudice, bravery and hope, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN was and still is considered the…
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ENThe 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 and a classic of anarchic humour, Twain's masterpiece sees Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing…
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Gabrielle Smith-Dluha, Richard Peters, Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ENDospívající chlapec Huckleberry Finn je polosirotek a rošťák, který nálezem ukradených peněz získal tučnou odměnu. Ujme se ho pobožná vdova, která ho chce „zcivilizovat“. Huckův zmizelý otec opilec však chlapce unese a zamkne ho v osamělém srubu v divočině. Huck finguje svou vlastní vraždu a prchá v nalezené kánoi na řeku Mississippi, setká se s uprchlým otrokem své dobrodějky, dobráckým Jimem. Huck touží po…
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ENThese novels played a unique and lasting role in the development of American literature, and each one remains a beloved and widely read work of fiction. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-arguably the great American novel. Ethan Frome-an enduring rural tragedy. And Moby-Dick or, The Whale-a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception. Now, Penguin Classics is proud to present these three…
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ENMark Twain's classic tale of escape and adventure rivetingly retold for today's readers. To get away from his violent, drunken father, Huckleberry Finn fakes his own death and lives wild in the woods. He soon meets Jim, a runaway slave, and the two outcasts set off on a dangerous journey down the mighty Mississippi river, in search of freedom.
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ENHuck and Jim travel down the Mississippi from St. Petersburg to Cairo. Jim is a runaway slave so they have to be careful. They have a lot of adventures on the river. They even meet a king! But is he real? Huck soon finds out the truth.
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnHuck and Jim travel down the Mississippi from St. Petersburg to Cairo. Jim is a runaway slave so they have to be careful. They have a lot of adventures on the river. They even meet a king! But is he real...
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Other Novels ENFamous during his lifetime as a humorist and for his incandescent social satires, Mark Twain is most often thought of today as a novelist whose precise language and vividly drawn characters introduce readers to tales steeped in concern with personal freedom and social responsibility. Twain's best-known novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (regarded by…
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ENTom Sawyer is disobedient, lazy and a poor scholar. His schemes to avoid work, school and punishment drive his Aunt Polly to distraction.
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ENOne of the most popular novels of nineteenth-century America, Tom Sawyer evokes and endless innocence, delights in spontaneous acts of heroism and chivalry and is an unparalleled celebration of childhood.
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ENTom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming and fishing, and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck Finn go to the graveyard to look for ghosts. They don´t see any ghosts that night. They see something worse than a ghost - much, much worse...
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ENOn the banks of the Mississippi, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night they witness a murder. The boys swear never to reveal the secret and run away to be pirates and search for hidden treasure. But when Tom gets trapped in a cave with the murderer, can he escape unharmed? Richard Peck is an American novelist known for his young adult books.
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Mark Twain, Janet Borsbey, Ruth Swan The Adventures of Tom Sawyer EN“Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?” Meet Tom Sawyer, a boy with a good heart who’s always in trouble with everyone: at home, in school and in church. With his best friends, Joe, Ben and Huckleberry, Tom lives an exciting outdoor life. But he begins to grow up when pretty Becky Thatcher comes to town, and when something terrible happens in this quiet town near the Mississippi. In this Reader…
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ENImpish, daring young Tom Sawyer is the bane of the old, the hero of the young. There were some in his dusty old Missippi town who believed he would be President, if he escaped a hanging. For wherever there is mischief or adventure, Tom is at the heart of it. During one hot summer, Tom witnesses a murder, runs away to be a pirate, attends his own funeral, rescues an innocent man from the gallows, searches for…
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Mark Twain The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer ENAn idyllic snapshot of a boy's childhood along the banks of the Mississippi River, Twain's THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER is the author's work that comes closest to his boyhood experiences of growing up in Hannibal in the 1840s. Mischievous and full of energy, Tom enjoys childish pranks and pastimes with his friends, Huck Finn, the town outcast and Joe Harper, his best friend. However, at the town graveyard, Huck and…
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ENThis is a sumptuous leatherbound version of the original 1876 edition. This beautiful edition features a ribbon marker and decorated endpapers. Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest of those boys who were schoolmates of mine', Mark Twain wrote in the preface to the original 1876 edition. Inspired by his upbringing in a small township on the…
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ENThe ever-resourceful Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn are always having adventures. Mark Twain grew up by the Mississippi River where the story is set.
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom SawyerClassic / American EnglishTom Sawyer loves adventures. He has them at home, at school, and with his friends —Huck Finn, Joe Harper, and Becky Thatcher. Tom has one adventure in a graveyard, one in an old house...
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom SawyerFirst published in 1876, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has delighted generations of readers. This volume is one of Barnes & Noble's 'Collectible Editions' classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest...
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