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"Contexts and Sources" provides readers with a rich selection of
documents related to the historical background, language,
composition, sale, reception, and newly discovered first half of
the manuscript of Mark Twain's greatest work. Included are letters
on the writing of the novel, excerpts from the author's
autobiography, samples of bad poetry that inspired his satire
(including an effort by young Sam Clemens himself), a section on
the censorship of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by schools and
libraries over a hundred-year period, and commentary by David
Carkeet on dialects of the book and by Earl F. Briden on its
"racist" illustrations. In addition, this section reprints the full
texts of both "Sociable Jimmy," upon which is based the
controversial theory that Huck speaks in a "black voice," and "A
True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It," the first
significant attempt by Mark Twain to capture the speech of an
African American in print. "Criticism" of Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn is divided into "Early Responses" (including the first
negative review) and "Modern Views" by Victor A. Doyno, T. S.
Eliot, Jane Smiley, David L. Smith, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (the
"black voice" thesis), James R. Kincaid (a rebuttal of Fishkin),
and David R. Sewell. Also included is Toni Morrison's moving
personal "Introduction" to the troubling experience of reading and
re-reading Mark Twain's masterpiece. "A Chronology and Selected
Bibliography" are also included.
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"Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams.... It has the marks of greatness in it--style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy." --From the Introduction by Charles Neider Mark Twain was a figure larger than fife: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story--which includes sixteen pages of photos--with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to he "free and frank and unembarrassed" in the recounting of his life and his experiences. Twain was more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement, which provided the material for his novels and which served to inspire this beloved and uniquely American autobiography.
Mark Twain's adventurous story of boyhood is now available in an
unabridged paperback edition for today's young readers. Whether
he's tricking others into doing his work or running away with
Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer always manages to wiggle his way out
of trouble. But when he accidentally witnesses a murder, Tom is
suddenly faced with trouble that's well beyond fun mischief-making.
Mark Twain's story of boyhood and childhood antics is now available
in an unabridged paperback edition perfect for young readers'
libraries.
HarperCollins 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 and smothery, but a
raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a
raft.' Huck 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 great American novel.
An indispensable and provocative compilation of witty essays
dealing with Biblical stories and their inconsistencies from
America's master satirist, Mark Twain.
"The Bible According to Mark Twain" is a selection of essays
spanning forty years of his writing career, which touch on and
satirize stories and figures from the Bible. In his characteristic
style, Twain illustrates the inherent comedy and inconsistencies
found within Holy Scripture, simultaneously entertaining and
provoking questions about man's place in the world and his
relationship with God. An important installment in the Twain canon,
this book is perfect for fans of America's master satirist.
Fresh from his escapades with Tom Sawyer, with six thousand dollars
in the bank, Huck Finn faces a new challenge: his father, Pap, who
wants Huck's fortune and will stop at nothing to get his hands on
it. Escaping from Pap, Huck meets Miss Watson’s slave, Jim, who
has run away after learning that Miss Watson may sell him. Jim
plans to head north, find work, and buy his wife and children out
of slavery. Huck joins him on a salvaged raft, beginning a raucous
journey that transforms into a deep reckoning with human frailty
and the hypocrisy of the antebellum South.
Fresh off of his escapades with Tom Sawyer and with six thousand
dollars in the bank, Huck Finn faces a new challenge: his father,
Pap, who wants Huck’s fortune and will stop at nothing to get his
hands on it. Escaping from Pap, Huck meets Miss Watson’s slave,
Jim, who has run away after learning that Miss Watson may sell him.
Jim plans to head north, find work, and buy his wife and children
out of slavery. Huck joins him on a salvaged raft, beginning a
raucous journey that transforms into a deep reckoning with human
frailty and the hypocrisy of the antebellum South.
The "most honest town" in America is tempted by a mysterious
stranger in this graphic novel adaptation of Mark Twain's short
story. Bankrupt and alone in Europe after a series of bad business
deals, Mark Twain has lost his faith in humanity. It is under these
conditions he puts pen to paper with the question: Is something
incorruptible if it has not been tested? Welcome to Hadleyburg, a
small American town that calls itself the “Most Honest in
America.” One day, a stranger arrives, telling the townsfolk he
wants to reward the person who helped him when he was down on his
luck. He presents one of the townsfolk with a bag and a letter that
explains its contents - $40,000 to the stranger’s mysterious
benefactor, if only they can prove themselves by reciting the words
that turned his life around! But the stranger has ulterior motives!
Having once been wronged by the people of Hadleyburg, he has
returned to put their “honesty” to the test. Will the people of
the town give in to their greed? Will their virtue stand? Adapted
from Mark Twain’s short story of the same name originally
published in Harper’s Monthly in 1899.
Two boys from two different walks of life change places and
alter their paths forever in this American classic from Mark
Twain
London, 1547. Two boys meet by chance and strike up a
conversation at the gates of a palace. Tom Canty is a poor young
boy with few prospects in life; his new friend happens to be Prince
Edward VI, the Prince of Wales. The prince and the pauper could not
be more different from one another, except for the small fact that
they look identical. When Tom admires the prince's fine garments,
he and Prince Edward decide on the spur of the moment to swap
clothes. But with cruel irony the prince is mistaken for a poor
beggar in Tom's rags and kicked out of his own palace while Tom is
taken to be the prince by everyone he meets. Suddenly the prince
and the pauper have swapped not only clothes but also their homes,
families, lives, and their very identities. While the boys are
eager to learn about life in someone else's shoes, they ultimately
want to return to their own homes and families. But this proves to
be a tall order when nobody believes the prince's claims that he is
really a prince despite being clothed in rags. This gripping tale
of mistaken identity sees Mark Twain venturing into historical
fiction for children while displaying his typical flair for witty
dialogue and incisive satire.
This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features 23
old-fashioned works from classic authors who invite you to a feast
of holiday nostalgia. A Vintage Christmas includes stories from
Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Ralph Henry Barbour, Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, L. M. Montgomery, and William Dean
Howells, as well as poems from Eliza Cook, Christina Rossetti,
William Makepeace Thackeray, Joyce Kilmer, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This collection is a
timeless reminder that the heart of the holiday never
changes. Affordable and giftable size. Presentation page for
writing a meaningful message for gifting. Perfect as a stocking
stuffer, white-elephant gift, or host gift. Filled with hopeful and
encouraging Christmas stories. Makes a lovely keepsake companion to
A Classic Christmas and A Timeless Christmas. Filled with stories
that have been part of the Christmas season for generations, A
Vintage Christmas is a unique collection of Christmas tales,
reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries
and makes the perfect gift for any reader in your life.
Discover a charming story from L. M. Montgomery about love and
sacrifice in a modest log house. See Christmas through the eyes of
a child in a New England colonial village with Harriet Beecher
Stowe. Remember the reason Christ came to earth in the poetry of
Anne Brontë. Share with your family the delightful letter Mark
Twain wrote as Santa Claus to his three-year-old daughter. This
beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts,
and cozy family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the
timeless truths and joys of the season.
You had better shove this in the stove, Mark Twain said at the top
of an 1865 letter to his brother, 'for I don't want any absurd
'literary remains' and 'unpublished letters of Mark Twain'
published after I am planted'. He was joking, of course. But when
Mark Twain died in 1910, he left behind the largest collection of
personal papers created by any nineteenth-century American author.
Here, for the first time in book form, are twenty-four remarkable
pieces by the American master - pieces that have been hand picked
by Robert Hirst, General Editor of The Mark Twain Project at UC
Berkeley. In "Jane Austen", Twain wonders if Austen's goal is to
make the reader detest her people up to the middle of the book and
like them in the rest of the chapters? "The Privilege of the Grave"
offers a powerful statement about the freedom of speech while
"Happy Memories of the Dental Chair" will make you appreciate
modern dentistry. In "Frank Fuller" and "My Fist New York Lecture"
Twain plasters the city with ads to promote his talk at the Cooper
Union (he is terrified no one will attend). Later that day, Twain
encounters two men gazing at one of his ads. One man says to the
other: Who is Mark Twain? The other responds: God Knows-I Don't.
Wickedly funny and disarmingly relevant, "Who is Mark Twain?"
shines new light on one of America's most beloved literary icons -
a man who was well ahead of his time.
The perfect gift for a young adventurer. Share your beloved
childhood stories with the next generation! Robert Ingpen's
illustrations create a real sense of time, place and character:
each drawing an enchanting evocation of a distant time in the
American South. Mark Twain called his classic tale a 'hymn to
boyhood', and this unforgettable story of a boy growing up in a
small town on the Mississippi has become an all-time favourite: not
just in America, but around the world. The original boyhood hero,
the irrepressible Tom Sawyer is an irresistible mix of exuberance,
bad behaviour and bravado. A full-colour illustrated edition of one
of the world's best loved stories. 'Ingpen's drawings are utterly
compelling' – Michael Morpurgo
Mark Twain's Hawaii: A Humorous Romp through Paradise, combines
Twain's own writings on Hawaii with personal reminiscences by
others who met him at that time, and traces Twain's journey through
the region just as he experienced it in 1866. The heavily
illustrated book highlights Twain's humor, travel in the 19th
century, history, social commentary, and the exotic locale. Mark
Twain's wit and wisdom is timeless-his observations on Hawaii, some
of which formed part of the classic Roughing It are collected here
in an authoritative and entertaining volume for Twain fans and
Hawaii enthusiasts.
An unabridged, unaltered edition, to include the Prologue, and all
11 Letters with footnotes -
HarperCollins is proud to present its 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 and smothery, but a
raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a
raft.' Miserable and down on his luck, young Huck Finn escapes his
drunken father by faking his own death - and so begins his
life-changing journey through the Deep South. On his travels Huck
meets Jim, a runaway slave, and together they form a close
friendship as they journey down the Mississippi River on their
individual quests for independence and freedom. First published in
1884, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains a
defining classic, grappling with issues of prejudice, morality and
religion, with bravery and hope at its heart. Today, the tale of
Huck Finn and Jim is considered one of the first Great American
novels.
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